Latinitas Intern's Blog – August 2012 Archive (14)

The Hispanic Scholarship Consortium (HSC) opens gateways so students can reach their full potential. By eliminating traditional barriers to higher education and professional success, HSC cultivates leaders ready to meet our community’s most critical needs.

What began as a small collaborative committed to scholarship is now a synergistic organization focused on the academic, leadership, professional and philanthropic development of Central Texas youth with scholarship as a point of…

Are you free this weekend?No plans?Don't worry because according to The Smithsonian Museum Magazine this weekend on Sept. 29 there will be free admissions at museums Nationwide. What to find a museum near you? check the Smithsonian website to find a Museum near your city. HAVE FUN!!


For more info check: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues/

Paid Summer Internship and Leadership Development Program Seeking Applicants



Please encourage undergraduate students who are current freshman, sophomores or juniors with an expected graduation date of December 2014 or later to apply to the INROADS Leadership Development Program - www.INROADS.org. We provide…

The Hispanic Scholarship fun is offering several scholarship opportunities to young adults who wish to continue their education.They partner up with different organizations to provide different scholarship options for college students.Interested? Check the following link for more info on these scholarships and their deadlines.

http://hsf.net/collegescholarships.aspx

Graduate Student Fellows Program -- The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), Inc. is accepting applications for its fellows program for the 2013 AAHHE National Conference: "Toward a Latino Attainment Agenda: Shaping our Own Destiny." The conference is March 28-30, 2013, in San Antonio, Texas.

18 students will be selected to the program to include conference registration fees, special events, hotel accommodations and travel funding.

DEADLINE: Sept. 28!…

Are you interested in Public Policy,Public Administration or International Affairs?

the PPIA (Public Policy & International Junior Summer Institute is offering Fellowships to Juniors in college who are interest in the field. This program helps students achieve a Masters Degree or a joint degree.They have an alumni network that provides opportunites to connect with indivuals in the field of Public Policy. There are PPIA Junior Summer Institutes at: UC Berkeley, Michigan, Carnegie…

Making an essay for a college application is a long process.But here is a Webinar that can help you come up with a good powerful essay for your college application. Check it out!



This is a free bilingual webinar hosted on Sept. 5th by McDonald's and the LULAC National Education Service Centers. This program is open to the public and is in both English and in Spanish. Here is the webinar description:



-Free to the public.

-More information on the variety of scholarships…

This past Saturday at the Chicas Advancing in Media Project, we had a special guest named Liza Montelongo. She has dedicated more than 20 years to working and volunteering in the education and non-profit sector and more recently in local government. In 2009, she started My Scholarships El Paso as an educational program that guides parents and students through the college and scholarship application process.This past Saturday, our team had the great opportunity to interview her. She told us…

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ALABAMA’S HEINOUS SCHOOL PROVISION STRUCK DOWN BY FEDERAL COURT…

Still deciding on what to study? need help? There is an organization that can give you a hand!
StudentMentor.org is focused on looking for mentors and mentees.They look for professionals who are willing to help students. Since it's online you get a change to talk to yourmentor through e-mails, skupe,texts,calls, social media or in some cases in-person. Interested? Sign up at StudentMentor.org 
 

Do you know anybody of Asian ethnicity who might need legal assistance and is living in the U.S?

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center ,The Asian American Justice Center, The Asian American Institute and The Asian Law Caucus are setttling hotlines for teens who want to become US Citizens. Having a citizenship is important to further education and these organizations are giving the opportunity to young Adults. Interested? Check the link below to read more about this citizenship…