UTSA signs partnership agreement with U.S. Census Bureau
(Dec. 8, 2004)--A memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed Dec. 6 at the UTSA Downtown Campus will award internships to 30 UTSA students, provide intensive field training and offer participants opportunities for employment with the U.S. Census Bureau.
The internships at the bureau headquarters in Suitland, Md., will give students the opportunity to learn from experts in demography, geography and statistics. The Census Bureau seeks to train more Hispanic students and retain them as employees.
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RSS Feeds"This is a great partnership for UTSA, the Census Bureau and students of UTSA," said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. "UTSA will provide the bureau with a talented pool of graduates who will help lead the organization in the 21st century."
At the signing ceremony, Steve Murdock, Lutcher Brown Professor of Demography in the UTSA College of Business, director of the UTSA Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research (IDSR) and Texas State Data Center (TSDC), received the U.S. Census Bureau Director's Award for Innovation. The award was established to communicate the priority the Census Bureau puts on innovation and recognizes employees and teams that make significant contributions to the work methods and products of the Census Bureau and the accomplishment of its mission.
Pictured (from left to right) are Romo, Murdock and Charles Louis Kincannon, U.S. Census Bureau director.
According to the bureau, the MOA is critical to the success of its Hispanic recruitment program. The purpose of the program is to maintain a high-quality, motivated and diverse workforce. The Census Bureau determined that UTSA would be a key partner in helping to achieve program goals because of its high concentration of Hispanic students.
As part of the agreement, the bureau agrees to provide 10 internships per year for three years, support four technical lectures by bureau employees at UTSA each year and offer curriculum review in order to better position graduates as potential bureau employees. In return, UTSA will sponsor an annual conference at which bureau researchers, university faculty and UT System faculty are updated on the latest research and employment opportunities.
The IDSR and TSDC will benefit from the information and expertise provided by the bureau's eminent scholars in the measurement of demographic, geographic and social trends. The IDSR's mission is to analyze the causes and consequences of population change in Texas and other areas. The center also serves as a base for focusing existing population research efforts in the UT System and for expanding into new areas of population research and education. The TSDC functions as a focal point for the distribution of Texas census information. Additionally, the center disseminates population estimates and projections for Texas, as well as information from the federal government, state government and other sources.
For more information, contact Steve Murdock at (210) 458-6531.