education
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Teaming Up
To Support Hispanics Pursuing Careers in Sciences,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
P
rocter and Gamble (P&G) and its rently holds a bachelor’s degree or and improve their lives and those of
Bounty, Charmin, Tide, and Pam- higher
.(1)
their families,” he added.
pers brands, announced they are “Providing early college prepara- Thanks to its diverse group of engi-
contributing $150,000 to the Hispanic tion and financial support are key fac- neers, scientists and researchers, P&G
Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation’s tors in encouraging Hispanic students can consistently deliver new and inno-
leading organization supporting His- to pursue STEM careers and help vative products that enhance its con-
panic higher education, to provide broaden the science, technology, engi- sumers’ experiences and meaningfully
scholarships for Latino students pursu- neering and mathematics workforce to improve their everyday lives.
ing college careers in the science, tech- meet future needs,” said Alvarez. “Last “The fact that I have an engineering
nology, engineering and mathematics year, we were able to award 659 schol- degree gives me a sense of success. An
(STEM) fields. The targeted nature of arships in the STEM fields, but unfor- engineering career can open the doors
the contribution underscores the fact tunately we also had an unmet need of to employment at important compa-
that Hispanic professionals are greatly 1,474 other, academically-qualified nies,” said Guillermo Vidal, Senior
underrepresented in these fields and applicants we could not help simply Engineer for Charmin at P&G. “I
many students who wish to pursue due to lack of funding. Our partnership encourage Hispanic students to reach
studies in them cannot afford to pay for with P&G will allow us to meet more out to HSF to get the resources they
a college education. of the growing need for scholarships in need to pursue a degree in the areas of
The announcement was made by these important areas.” STEM because only a few of us His-
HSF President & CEO Frank Alvarez HSF’s scholarship application peri- panics are taking advantage of the
and Edgar Sandoval, General Manager, od is open now and will run until great opportunities these fields offer.”
North America Marketing and Multi- February 27, 2009. HSF and P&G will P&G has been a corporate partner
cultural Business for P&G, at HSF’s award 48 scholarships of $2,500 to eli- of HSF for over two decades, con-
Alumni Hall of Fame event, which gible Hispanic students who will be tributing more than $3,000,000 in sup-
honors Hispanics whose success enrolled in school the fall of 2009. port of its commitment to help educate
demonstrates the power of higher edu- “As the Hispanic population in the future Hispanic leaders. During the last
cation and highlights how earning a United States continues to grow, it is academic year, P&G also funded the
college degree can change individual important that we keep facilitating production of HSF’s College Road
lives and society as a whole for the bet- their access to a college education in Map, a bilingual guidance tool to help
ter. order to build a diverse base of profes- parents and students navigate the col-
A Congressional Research Service sionals in the areas of science, technol- lege application process. The Road
report from 2008 on the U.S. Science ogy, engineering and mathematics,” Map was distributed to 200,000 middle
and Technology Workforce indicates said Sandoval, who was the recipient and high school Hispanic students and
that science and technology-related of an HSF scholarship when he was an their families throughout the country.
professions are among the 30 fastest- engineering major, exemplifying the For more information on how to
growing occupations, with a growth impact a scholarship from HSF can apply for these scholarships, please
rate of 27 percent compared to the 10 have in a student’s life. visit
www.hsf.net HNM
percent average for all other occupa- “Together with HSF, P&G hopes to
tions. Data from the U.S. Census also help empower Hispanic youth with the
(1) Source: Educational Attainment in the United
States: 2007.
confirms that only 13 percent of the tools to achieve their dreams, so they
Hispanic population 25 and older cur- can ensure their economic prosperity Source: HispanicPRWire
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