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HACU National Internship Program


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 and the HACU National Internship Program: A Recipe for Success

August 23, 2013 Keven Valentin, AMS Commodity Procurement Financial Analyst

Reach one, teach one. That is the approach that USDA has taken in its partnership with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) National Internship Program. As a current employee with the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and a former HACU intern, I am glad to help...

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