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HACU’s 24th Annual Conference

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National Hispanic Coalition Launches STEM Initiative

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HACU’s 24th Annual Conference

September 18, 2010

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September 20, 2010

Excerpt from: www.hacu.net

“Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success: Expanding Opportunities in Challenging Times”

When:  September 18-20, 2010

Where: Hilton San Diego Bayfront
San Diego, CA

Who: Top undergraduate, graduate and professional school students from colleges and universities throughout the Americas will be active participants at HACU’s 24th Annual Conference in San Diego, September 18-20, 2010. These students represent a wide range of academic disciplines. They arrive with resumes, eager to discuss career, internship, research and advanced education opportunities. Students represent a wealth of study, internship, workplace, research and community service experience. Special Student Track Workshops, Leadership Forums, Student Mixers and a Career Fair will be part of HACU’s 24th Annual Conference. You can be an active part of the Student Track by becoming a Student Track Sponsor or by sponsoring a Student Ambassador. Students can also submit an application for a scholarship to attend this conference.

How:  “Student Conference Scholarships” pay for the student’s conference registration, travel, lodging, and meals with conference-sponsored events.  The “Student Ambassador” program enables colleges and universities to sponsor students to attend HACU’s Annual Conference. Applications for both programs are available online. You may also contact studenttrack@hacu.net for more information.

Why sponsor Student Conference Scholars? 
Please contact Ana Esquivel, Executive Director of Development, for information about how corporations, federal agencies/organizations and colleges and universities can support the HACU Student Track at (210) 576-3224 or aesquivel@hacu.net.

For more information click here

Source: www.hacu.net

$2 million in scholarships available to Latino students

The Orange County Register reported that more than $2 million in college scholarships will be awarded this year to Latino students through the Washington, D.C.-based Hispanic College Fund, program officials have announced.

The scholarships range from $500 to $10,000 and are based on merit and financial need.

Last year, five Orange County students won a Hispanic College Fund scholarship, out of 592 recipients total.

More than 500 students nationally are expected to receive a scholarship this year.

“Hispanics are the fastest-growing population in America, and we owe it to them – and our country – to make sure that young Latinos pursue higher education and productive careers that will strengthen our economy,” the scholarship fund said in a statement.

To qualify, 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 demonstrate financial needs.

Santa Ana native Uriel Guadarrama, who received a $4,000 scholarship, attends USC, where he’s majoring in international business and Chinese.

“The HCF scholarship has been a blessing to myself and to my family,” Guadarrama said in a statement. “The financial support that I have received has made it easier for me to focus on my academic and career goals.”

The scholarships are supported by a number of private donors, including Denny’s, Ford Motor Company Fund, Google, Kaiser Permanente, the Manuel Candamo Memorial Scholarship, Verizon, PepsiCo, and J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation.

To apply, go to http://scholarships.hispanicfund.org.

Source: www.ocregister.com

Keeping the Dream Alive: Resource Guide for Undocumented Students

Keeping the Dream Alive: Resource Guide for Undocumented Students

NCLR designed this student-friendly resource handbook to help undocumented students better prepare for postsecondary education options and, in particular, a college degree.

The guide presents information on state-level initiatives which offer in-state tuition to undocumented students as well as information on the “Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.” In addition, students will learn about college requirements, means of fundraising for college, and academic and extracurricular activities which pave the way to college.

To read the guide, click here.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute offering Scholarships, Internships and Fellowship Opportunities

CHCI, the nation’s premier Hispanic educational and youth leadership development organization, launched a national campaign to recruit Hispanic students - college-bound, undergraduate and graduate - for its nationally recognized leadership development programs and scholarships.

The Congressional Internship Program provides college students with Congressional work placements on Capitol Hill to learn first-hand about our nation’s legislative processes. Interns are responsible for conducting extensive legislative research, monitoring day-to-day hearings, managing constituent communications and assisting with general office matters.

The Congressional Internship Program application deadlines are:
Spring 2010 semester: November 13, 2009
Summer 2010 semester: February 5, 2010
Fall 2010 semester: April 30, 2010

The twelve (fall and spring) and ten (summer) week summer internships include housing, roundtrip transportation to and from Washington, D.C., and a stipend of $3750 for semester participants and $2500 for summer interns.

The Graduate & Young Professional Fellowship Program offers exceptional Latino graduates and young professionals unparalleled exposure to experience in the underserved public policy areas of health, housing, law, international affairs, and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

CHCI’s Public Policy Fellowship Program, conducted from September to May, provides college graduates with national hands-on public policy experience in a congressional office, federal agency, nonprofit sector, or corporate setting.

With more than $2 million in need-based scholarships awarded to Hispanic students since 2001, CHCI’s Scholarship Program is available to students enrolled in a two or four year accredited college or university. Keep in mind that, Scholarship Program application deadline is April 16, 2010.

To be eligible, all program applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, have remarkable leadership potential, and have a demonstrated history and commitment to community and public service.

For more information call CHCI at (202) 543-1771 or visit www.chci.org

National Hispanic Coalition Launches STEM Initiative

WASHINGTON, D.C: On September 14th, 2009, the National Association for Hispanic Education (NAHE) hosted an inaugural launch event for its new Hispanic STEM Initiative. There, NAHE formally presented the Hispanic STEM Initiative’s Advisory Committee to leading Hispanic organizations in the nation’s capital. The event will be held at the offices of the Self Reliance Foundation, one of the founding members of the Hispanic STEM Initiative’s Advisory Committee.

The purpose of the Hispanic STEM Initiative is to form strategic collaborations between stakeholder groups and organizations in order to maximize education outcomes for Hispanic students in the STEM fields, such as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

“There has long-existed a wealth of assets in the form of human ingenuity, talent, expertise, and experience among Hispanic groups and organizations,” stated Adam Chavarria, President of NAHE.

“The Hispanic STEM Initiative Advisory Committee will draw on these assets to increase and expand positive educational outcomes for Hispanic students in STEM disciplines,” said Mr. Chavarria.

“At the meeting, the Advisory Committee reviewed the Initiative’s five-year action plan and also expand upon the recommendations it recently submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology in regards to increasing Hispanic participation in STEM fields,” added Maite Arce, Advisory Committee Member and Sr. Programs and Policy Director for the Self Reliance Foundation.

Mike Acosta, Advisory Committee Member and MAES National President, considers this convening to be “…of urgent importance, given that less than 2% of the scientific stem workforce is Hispanic and almost twenty percent of the country’s youth population is Hispanic.”

“We hope that the Hispanic STEM Initiative will advance efforts to restore America’s economic competitiveness by fulfilling the nation’s need for diverse talent in the STEM fields,” he continued.

The Hispanic STEM Initiative Advisory Committee emerged from a working group of stakeholders that convened at a conference held in April 2007 on the subject of the American Competitiveness Initiative at the University of Texas at El Paso.

The primary role of the Advisory Committee is to provide advice, counsel, and support to the Hispanic STEM Initiative in the course of implementing a five-year action plan that results in positive outcomes for Latino STEM students. The Committee will guide the Hispanic STEM Initiative’s work in its seven focus areas, which include: Families & Children; PreK-20 Partnerships; Professionals in the Classroom; STEM Development; STEM Education & Research; Teacher Education/Preparation; Career and Workforce Development.

Led by the National Association for Hispanic Education, members of the NAHE’s Hispanic STEM Initiative Advisory Committee include: the Self Reliance Foundation, the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES), the Inter-American Development Bank, the California State University System, El Valor, HENAAC, TODOS: Mathematics for All, the Parent Institute for Quality Education, AHETEMS, and Loyola Marymount University.