DATE: 1:30-3 p.m. Dec. 9, 2009.

EVENT: Juan Sepúlveda, director of the White House Initiative On Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, will moderate a public forum at the University of Michigan.

Sepúlveda was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on May 19. This presidentially mandated initiative seeks to engage Hispanic students, parents, families, organizations, and those working in or with the U.S. education system as active participants in improving the academic achievement of Hispanic Americans.

PLACE: The U-M Alumni Center. Directions: http://alumni.umich.edu/contact/directions

SPONSORS: The National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good, National Center for Institutional Diversity, the Office of the Provost, the Office of the General Counsel, the Office of the Vice President for Government Relations, the Center for Outreach and Engagement, Latino Studies Program, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, School of Education, Marguerite Casey Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York.

CONTACT: For more details or to register, contact: David Mickey-Pabello at JuanSepulvedaEvent@umich.edu