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# White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Presents 2023 National HBCU Week Conference 

# White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Presents 2023 National HBCU Week Conference 

**Contact:  **press@ed.gov

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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and the White  House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Initiative)  today welcomed institution executive leaders, faculty, students, and supporters  to the **2023 National  HBCU Week Conference** being held in person at the Hyatt Regency  Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.

The annual National HBCU Week Conference is the nation’s  premier convening of key influencers in the HBCU space. It is implemented under  the leadership of the Initiative, in close consultation with the Executive  Office of the President and U.S. Department of Education. The event provides a  unique occasion for 3,300 representatives from HBCUs, federal agencies,  private-sector companies and philanthropic organizations to participate and  provide useful information and successful models to improve instruction, degree  completion, and federal engagement —all of which strengthen the role of  HBCUs.

This year’s theme is “Raising the Bar: Forging Excellence  through Innovation & Leadership.” In his executive order reestablishing the  White House Initiative on HBCUs, President Biden charged the Initiative to,  “develop new and expand pre-existing national networks of individuals,  organizations, and communities to share and implement administrative and  programmatic best practices related to advancing educational equity,  excellence, and opportunity at HBCUs.” This event will identify and  target tangible opportunities that will connect federal and private resources  to the HBCU community.

Conference speakers will include:
   **Event 1****Who :**- U. S. Secretary of       Education Miguel Cardona  
- Mayor Stephen Benjamin,       senior advisor and director of the Office of Public Engagement, The White       House
- Director of the Domestic       Policy Council Neera Tanden, The White House
- Members of the U.S.       Congress
- U.S. Secretary of       Agriculture Thomas Vilsack
- U.S. Secretary of       Commerce Gina Raimondo
- U.S. Secretary of       Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
- Environmental Protection       Agency Administrator Michael Regan
- U.S. Deputy Secretary of       Transportation Polly Trottenberg
- Head of Contracting       Authority (Acting) Benjamin Bryant, Advanced Research Projects Agency       for Health (ARPA-H), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Director Amy Jenkins,       Mission Office for Health Science Futures, ARPA-H, NIH
- Chief Scientist Victoria       Coleman, Ph.D., U.S. Department of the Air Force (USAF)
- NASA Astronaut Benjamin       Alvin Drew, Jr. (Colonel, USAF, Retired)

There will be special performances by nationally recognized  Black Greek-letter organizations, which are members of the National  Pan-Hellenic Council, the Virginia State University Gospel Choir and more.

The full agenda for the 2023 National HBCU Week  Conference can be found here. Open press  portions are noted below and will take place in the Regency Ballroom of the  Hyatt Regency Crystal City.
**What :**
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Presents 2023 National HBCU Week Conference  
**When :**Monday, September 25- 8:30 a.m. – 9:30  a.m., Raising the Bar: Forging Excellence through Innovation and  Leadership
- 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Secretary Miguel Cardona will deliver remarks at the Forging Excellence Luncheon. 
Tuesday, September 26-   9  a.m. – 10 a.m., Excellence Through Innovation: The Administration &  HBCUs.
- 12  p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Secretary Miguel Cardona will deliver remarks at the Forging  Excellence through Innovation and Leadership Luncheon.
Wednesday, September 27- 12 p.m. – 2 p.m., HBCUs  and Business: Raising the Bar Closing Luncheon.
**Where :**
Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia. 

**To  RSVP for a specific event, please email pressrsvp@ed.gov .**
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