U.S. citizenship chief to speak Thursday | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › U.S. citizenship chief to speak Thursday U.S. citizenship chief to speak Thursday Published: November 09, 2004 Author: Erik Runyon Alfonso Aguilar, chief of the U.S. Office of Citizenship, will deliver a lecture titled “Building a Common Civic Identity” at 5 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 11) in Room 210 of McKenna Hall at the University of Notre Dame. Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies, the event is free and open to the public. As the first chief of the newly reorganized Office of Citizenship, a component of the Department of Homeland Security, Aguilar is charged with promoting civic principles and increasing public awareness of the benefits and responsibilities associated with U.S. citizenship. A graduate of Notre Dame and the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Aguilar served as press secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean at the U.S. Agency for International Development. He held similar positions with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. _p. Contact: _ * Carmen Macharaschwili, Institute for Latino Studies 574-631-3747 TopicID: 8000 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn