Steven Ramirez, an assistant director of the Equal Opportunity Office at Kansas University, has been named to the Kansas Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs.

In addition to Ramirez, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius selected Rodrigo Bonilla a social worker from Salina, and Itzel Stewart, a grant coordinator at Garden City Community College, to the panel.

The advisory council works on issues of education, employment, housing, health and culture.