Click to view: http://www.usda.gov/2005/07/0250.xml Release No. 0250.05 Ed Loyd (202) 720-4623 JOHANNS ANNOUNCES EIGHTH CLASS OF HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS FELLOWS WASHINGTON, July 9, 2005 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced the 2005 class of fellows in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) Fellows Program. The 21 fellows are highly accomplished faculty members at Hispanic-Serving Institutions in California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Texas and Puerto Rico. Seventeen fellows will work at USDA in Washington, D.C. and four fellows will work at agricultural research centers for two-to-six weeks this summer. Fellows were selected based on the compatibility of their research interests with USDA mission areas and the value their experience would add to their institution's curriculum offerings to Hispanic students. Among the topics that will be researched are food security, food nutritional patterns and the needs of the Hispanic population, landscape horticulture, exercise and nutrition to combat obesity, biotechnology, rural development, land management, urban ecology, agricultural science and marketing, and international trade and economics. Through the partnership fostered by the fellows program, USDA and HSIs are better prepared to address the educational challenges faced by Hispanics. Hispanic-Serving Institutions are accredited and degree-granting institutions of higher education with a full-time Hispanic student enrollment of 25 percent or more. The fellowship program serves to advance USDA's collaboration with HSIs to better utilize the programs and services offered by USDA and other federal agencies. For additional information on USDA's Hispanic-Serving Institutions Fellows Program, visit: http://www.hsi.usda.gov. To learn more about the President's Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, visit: http://www.yic.gov, which is also available in Spanish at: http://www.yosipuedo.gov/. The 2005 USDA-HSI Fellows are: California Edward Gomez, Associate Professor, San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino, CA Ellen Shimakawa, Grants Development Officer, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA David Johnson, Director of Grants, National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA Janet Huang, Career Counselor, East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA Gloria Romero, Distance Education Environmental Development Specialist, National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA Colorado Barbara Medina, Chair, Department of Teacher Education, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO Deborah Blake, Associate Professor, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO Lorraine Cohn, Program Coordinator, Pueblo Trinidad State Senior College, Alamosa, CO Florida Beatriz Robinson, Interim Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Programs, St. Thomas University, Miami Shores, FL Claudia Sahagun, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Broward Community College, Davie, FL Matilde Roig, Chairperson of Biology, Health and Wellness, Miami Dade College, North Campus, Miami, FL New Mexico Luis Vazquez, Department Head, Counseling Educational Psychology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Mario Gonzales, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM Puerto Rico Felipe Martinez, Chair, Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San German, PR Texas Alfonso Martinez, Science Instructor, Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX Brian McBurnett, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of the Incarnate Word. San Antonio, TX Neeta Singh, Assistant Professor, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX Robert Sosa, Director, Foundation, Corporate & Government Relations, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX Rey Ramirez, Coordinator Community Nutrition, Northwest Vista College, Castroville, TX Suk Bin Kong, Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX William Quinn, Professor of Biology & Computer Science, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX # USDA News oc.news@xxxxxxxx 202 720-4623 ---------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to oc.news@xxxxxxxx and reference your email address.
