Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff
The Hispanic College Fund today opened student applications for its 2010-2011 scholarship season. More than $2 million will be awarded in scholarships to more than 500 deserving Hispanic students from the United States and Puerto Rico. Applications will be open until Feb. 16, 2010.
This is the seventeenth year that the Hispanic College Fund has supported Latino students through its scholarship program.
To date, the organization has awarded more than $15 million total in scholarships to approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Last year, it received 38,000 applications for approximately 600 available scholarships.
“Receiving a Hispanic College Fund scholarship provided me with educational opportunities that I never would have had without those funds,” said Luis Andrade, a senior Finance major at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte.
“Now, I hope to go into fi nancial planning, to help other people prepare for their education and their children’s education. I am proud to be associated with an organization that is doing so much to help young Hispanics like me be successful in their college and professional careers.”
To qualify for the scholarships, undergraduate and graduate students must maintain a 3.0 out of 4.0 GPA; be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident residing in the United States or Puerto Rico; be enrolled full-time at an accredited university for the 2010-2011 school year; and must demonstrate fi nancial needs.
Certain scholarships are restricted by major. For more information, visit http://scholarships.hispanicfund.org.
Scholarships range in amount from $500 to $10,000 and may be used to cover tuition and academic fees and expenses.
All scholarship applications must be submitted to the Hispanic College Fund on-line. Students are encouraged to submit their applications in advance of the Feb. 16, 2010 deadline to ensure that all supplemental materials are received in a timely manner.
Corporations and programs supporting the 2010 scholarship cycle include: Denny’s, Ford Motor Company Fund, Google, Kaiser Permanente, the Manuel Candamo Memorial Scholarship, Verizon, PepsiCo, and J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation.
For more information about the Hispanic College Fund, visit www.hispanicfund.org.
Latino Studies Department Chair honored by CCSF Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees of City College of San Francisco at their regular business meeting last night (Nov. 19, 2009) adopted a resolution proclaiming Nov. 23, 2009 as Professor Edgar Torres Day at the College.
Dr. Edgar Torres has served as the Department Chair of the Latin American & Latino/a Studies Department (LALS) of City College of San Francisco since August of 2004. The number of courses that has been offered by the Department has doubled since 2004 and the annual number of students taking LALS courses has increased from 70 to over 800 in the same time period. The Department serves over 20,000 students who attend the College and identify themselves as either Latinas or Latinos.
Professor Torres has been a strong advocate of students and faculty throughout his 27-year tenure at City College of San Francisco. He was instrumental in the creation of the curriculum for the Associate of Arts Degree in Latin American & Latino/a Studies (LALS), the Certifi cate of Achievement in LALS, and Latin America Studies 1 (Latino/a Diaspora) which became the cornerstone for the Department. Dr. Torres is an active member of the Latino Educational Association at City College of San Francisco.
