The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) recently held a virtual planning session on “Strengthening Latinx Pathways to Graduate Degrees in STEM,” June 17-18. According to the leading organization committed to Hispanic higher education success, HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores welcomed academic deans, staff, and researchers from Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)
The keynote address was given by Douglas M. Haynes, vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of California, Irvine.
A STEM Industry Panel was among the presentations. Panelists included Brittiney Jones, diversity & Inclusion consultant at Oracle; Stephane Lunan, tax technology partner at Deloitte Tax LLP; Lindsey Silva, senior manager, microbiology global QC technology at Genentech and Luke Visconti, founder and chairman of DiversityInc.
During the last week of June, a second HSI workshop group will meet for a two-day session. HACU expects more than 135 participants will collaborate in a project designed to strengthen pathways for more Hispanic students to pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) at HSIs.
The project is funded by a planning grant from the National Science Foundation’s Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES).
The principal investigator of the grant is John Moder, senior consultant for STEM programming at HACU. The coprincipal investigators are Marla A. Franco, the University of Arizona, and Barbara Endemaño Walker, the University of California, Santa Barbara. Click here for more information.
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