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From Internship to Public Service Career: A HACU Success Story

August 12, 2019 Elizabeth Yepes, International Trade Specialist at USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service and Chair, USDA’s Hispanic American Cultural Effort (HACE)

I never thought I could ever work in the U.S. government. One day, when I was applying for my U.S. citizenship at a local Hispanic nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., I saw a flyer about the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ (HACU) National Internship Program (HNIP). This...

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HACU Empowers the Next Generation

September 23, 2014 Dan Wueste, USDA Hispanic-Serving Institutions National Program

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics mission area will highlight those...

Research and Science

USDA Signs Agreement to Provide Network of Opportunity for Hispanic Institutions

March 18, 2011 Tanya Brown, Writer/Editor, Office of External Affairs, USDA Farm Service Agency

USDA isn’t just talking, but taking action to help Hispanic Americans. The department stepped forward today as Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Sandra V. Serrano of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will build programs and...

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