The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) recognizes 43 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) as 2022 Fulbright HSI Leaders for their noteworthy engagement with the Fulbright Program during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The 2022 Fulbright HSI Leaders were announced by ECA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs Ethan Rosenzweig on October 10, 2022, during the annual conference of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). The recognized colleges and universities include four Associate Institutions, five Baccalaureate and Special Focus Institutions, 10 Masters Institutions, and 24 Doctoral Institutions in eight states across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
This initiative is part of the U.S. State Department’s long-standing commitment to continue to build diversity and inclusion within the Fulbright Program and all the Bureau’s international exchange programs. ECA established this designation in 2021 to acknowledge the strong partnerships between the Fulbright Program and HSIs, and to encourage all HSIs to increase their Fulbright engagement on campus. Having strong HSI participation in the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program is critical to fully representing the diversity of the United States through the Program.
In his remarks, Rosenzweig noted the strong relationship between HSIs and the Fulbright Program stating, “The Fulbright Program’s success with HSIs is built on real collaboration with you and your institutions.” He thanked HSI leaders for their collaboration and for recognizing the value of the Fulbright Program in deepening campus internationalization efforts; and he recognized Fulbright campus liaisons and advisors for recruiting and advising applicants. Rosenzweig also commended current Fulbright participants and alumni from and hosted by HSIs for sharing “their expertise, experience, perspective, and enthusiasm with their institutions, their communities, and their societies.”
Later this fall on November 7, a Fulbright HSI Virtual Workshop will feature representatives of Fulbright HSI Leaders sharing best practices for HSIs to leverage Fulbright Program engagement to support students and faculty, increase campus internationalization, and build global networks. This virtual event is open to the public and while all are welcome, the session is specifically designed for HSI faculty, staff, and stakeholders. Institutions can sign up at https://apply.iie.org/register/HSIWorkshop2022.
The Fulbright Program has designed and implemented a wide range of initiatives to increase participant diversity and inclusion. The program strives to ensure that its participants reflect all aspects of the diversity of U.S. society and of societies abroad. Its diversity efforts include collaboration with associations and organizations such as the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, the White House Initiative on HBCUs, the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange, the American Association of Community Colleges, and Diversity Abroad, among others. The Program also works with diversity-focused media platforms and is engaged with hundreds of minority-serving institutions and other diverse colleges and universities. The Program is committed to inclusion and to ensuring that all participants have successful and rewarding exchange experiences.
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program. Since its inception over 75 years ago, the Fulbright Program has provided over 400,000 U.S. students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds and fields the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad, and their foreign counterparts to engage in like activities in the United States. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
For more information on the Fulbright Program’s diversity and inclusion initiatives, see the Fulbright U.S. Student Program website: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/diversity-inclusion.
2022 Fulbright HSI Leaders
Doctoral
- Arizona State University - Downtown Phoenix, AZ
- California State University, Long Beach, CA
- City University of New York - City College of New York, NY
- Florida International University, FL
- Montclair State University, NJ
- New Mexico State University, NM
- Northern Arizona University, AZ
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark Campus, NJ
- San Diego State University, CA
- San Francisco State University, CA
- Texas Tech University, TX
- University of Arizona, AZ
- University of California, Irvine, CA
- University of California, Riverside, CA
- University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
- University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
- University of Central Florida, FL
- University of Houston, TX
- University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
- University of New Mexico, NM
- University of North Texas, TX
- University of Texas at Arlington, TX
- University of Texas at El Paso, TX
- University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
Masters
- California State University-Chico, CA
- California State University-Los Angeles, CA
- California State University-Northridge, CA
- California State University-Sacramento, CA
- CUNY Hunter College, NY
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY
- CUNY Lehman College, NY
- New Jersey City University, NJ
- St. Edward's University, TX
- San Jose State University, CA
Associates
- City University of New York - LaGuardia Community College, NY
- Miami-Dade College, FL
- Pima Community College, AZ
- Skyline College, CA
Baccalaureate and Special Focus
- City University of New York - New York City College of Technology, NY
- Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Miami campus, FL
- Purchase College, State University of New York, NY
- University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, PR
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX
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