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Leadership Academy Students Interview Higher Ed Leaders
in Austin
For
Immediate Release
October 16, 2006
Contact: John Hammond, Director of Public Relations,
San Antonio College
210/733-2147
jhammond@accd.edu
Pictured: Dr. Raymund Paredes, Commissioner of
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, (in
back) joins students from the San Antonio College
Leadership Academy, from left: Joey Reyes, Vanessa
De Leon, Karina Vargas, Citalli Sanchez, JesseKa Almanza,
and Jonathan Bustamante. The students interviewed
Dr. Paredes and other education leaders during a recent
trip to Austin.
As
a part of their leadership development, six students
from the San Antonio College Student Leadership Academy
recently traveled with faculty advisors to Austin
to interview key figures in Texas higher education
and to tour several facilities.
Students Jonathan Bustamante, JesseKa Almanza, Vanessa
De Leon, Joey Reyes, Karina Vargas, and Citalli Sanchez
interviewed Dr. Raymund Paredes, commissioner of the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Dr. Norma
Cantu, UT-Austin law professor and former U.S. assistant
secretary for education; and Dr. William Cunningham,
former UT-Austin president and chancellor and currently
James L. Bayless chair for Free Enterprise Department
of Marketing at the McCombs School of Business.
They discussed a variety of issues, including their
vision for higher education in Texas, paths to successful
careers, and challenges for future generations in
higher education, according to Sylvia De Leon, advisor
to the SAC Leadership Academy, professor and coordinator
of the Public Administration Program.
In addition, the students toured the University of
Texas at Austin Law School and Legal Research Center
and the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. De
Leon said the students learned about Johnson's initiatives
to increase higher education opportunities, such as
financial aid for higher education and civil rights
legislation.
For more information, contact Sylvia De Leon at 733-2888.
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