U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Announces Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leaders
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Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced it has designated 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as this year’s annual Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leaders, recognizing their noteworthy engagement with the Fulbright Program, which is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has designated 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leaders. WASHINGTON (PRWEB) May 24, 2021 Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced it has designated 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as this year’s annual Fulbright HBC
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Story By Sara Tubbs; Photos by Benjamin Corda As University of Houston historian José Angel Hernández reflects on his childhood in San Antonio, the son of “modest, humble” Mexican immigrants, he shared a story about the time his parents bought the family a used World Book Encyclopedia set.
“My parents aren’t formally educated, but they always knew the importance of education. They didn’t buy us electronics, so the encyclopedia became our PlayStation or Atari,” he fondly recalled. “My brother and I would spend hours on the floor rummaging through the pages, mostly the science ones like biology and zoology. This was our version of Google in the 1970s.”