EDUCATION

Nissan and LULAC National Scholarship Fund Award More Than $95,000 in Scholarships

— More than 130 scholarships awarded to high-performing Latino high school students to support educational costs —

HACU to Present Awards at Hispanic Higher Education Conference

SAN ANTONIO, TX – September 15, 2014 – (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) will present its President’s Awards of Excellence during HACU’s 28th Annual Conference, “Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success: Investing in America’s Future,” Oct. 4-6, 2014, at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado. “As our nation… Continue Reading

McDonald’s® Inspires Educational Achievement Among Hispanic Youth with CoolSpeak Motivational Speakers at the 2014 USHLI Student Leadership Summit

–The USHLI Student Leadership Summit presented by McDonald’s joins forces with CoolSpeak to motivate students to pursue a college education–

HACU to host Town Hall on higher education rankings and ratings, Oct. 6

SAN ANTONIO, TX – September 11, 2014 – (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) will host the Town Hall “Higher Education Rankings and Ratings: Do they measure up?” as part of HACU’s 28th Annual Conference, “Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success: Investing in America’s Future,” Oct. 4-6, 2014. The Town Hall… Continue Reading

Latinas for Latino Lit (L4LL) Launch the Second Annual Latino Children’s Summer Reading Program, Powered by Google

New ‘Do It Yourself’ (DIY) summer reading camp for families and groups is designed to education standards, culturally relevant, and fun to reach and teach Latino students

Philadelphia’s AL DÍA Foundation at the Forefront of Promoting Multicultural Journalism in the XXI Century

Multi-million Dollar Idea to Promote Multicultural, Multimedia & Multilingual Journalism

The AL DÍA Foundation’s mission is to nurture J-School graduate students in Multicultural and Multimedia Journalism all over the US. The Foundation believes that the strengthening of both Journalism and American Democracy are interdependent, as imagined here in Philadelphia by our Founding Fathers 250 years ago.

Black Girls CODE and Latino Startup Alliance Join Forces to Launch STEM-Focused, Crowd-Funding Campaign to Help 1,000 Latina Girls Learn to Code

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – June 26, 2014 – (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – Nonprofit organizations the Black Girls CODE and the Latino Startup Alliance are joining forces to raise $5,000 for an Indiegogo crowdfunding initiative called La TechLa that seeks to empower 1,000 young girls of color with education about coding and the transformative power of tech…. Continue Reading

MEDIA ADVISORY: Philippe Cousteau, Jr. Leads Expedition in South Florida

WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 10, 2014 – (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – WHAT: Philippe Cousteau, Jr. and a documentary film crew will travel to environmental hotspots in South Florida with scientists to conduct research in the field and investigate how increases in both air and water pollution may be threatening local treasured resources. Along the way, they… Continue Reading