Press Releases

On November 16, 2009, the Hispanic College Fund was featured live on CNN en Español for a segment on this year's scholarship program. Click here to watch our clip.


2010 Application Season Starts Today; $500,000 Awarded Annually to Support Diverse Students Pursuing Hospitality Careers

BETHESDA, MD -Nov. 16, 2009 - The Hispanic College Fund (HCF) and UNCF - the United Negro College Fund are accepting applications today through Feb. 16, 2010 for the Marriott Scholars Program for the 2010-2011 school year. Eligible students can apply for renewable scholarships of up to $9,000 annually in tuition support for up to four years.


500 Scholarships Available for High- Achieving Hispanic Students Seeking Higher Education

Washington, DC (November 16, 2009) - 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 February 16, 2010.


Please click on the link below to read about our upcoming congressional briefing.


Rigoberto Lopez Jr. is the first to be featured on the NASA MUST Scholar Spotlight page of HCF’s website.  He mentions some incredible achievements (like having finished his last two years of high school and first two years of college simultaneously) in his personal statement, so check him out!  The NASA MUST Scholar Spotlight will showcase a new student every week.  Get to know even more about the scholars by visiting the News page.  


Today Kodak and Yahoo! En Español unveil a digital photo mosaic using all of the submitted photographs as a tribute to Hispanic families across the United States. We received over 1,430 photos from people expressing  pride in their Hispanic Heritage and raised $20,000.00 in scholarship money for the Hispanic College Fund!  Check it out at http://www.yahoo-herenciahispana.com/. You can keep uploading photos until October 30th.


Community-led, year-round programming to empower students for success in college, career and community service

Washington, D.C. (September 28, 2009) – Today the Hispanic College Fund (HCF) launched the Hispanic Youth Institute, a web-based initiative designed to empower high school students to pursue a college education, enter a professional career, and give back to their communities. The Hispanic Youth Institute will initially serve the 2,600 alumni of HCF’s Hispanic Youth Symposium, a four-day college empowerment program that has been hosted in numerous cities across the U.S. since 2004. Alumni will invite other students to participate in student-led Hispanic Youth Institute programming, with the goal of creating grassroots cultural change amongst Latinos in American high schools.

 


Special program honors Hispanic traditions through digital photos and features a joint donation to the Hispanic College Fund

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 15 -- Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK - News) and Yahoo! En Espanol (www.yahooenespanol.com) have partnered to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and give back to the community through "Muestra Tu Herencia" (Show Your Heritage), a unique interactive online photo-sharing program where users can submit digital photos on www.yahooenespanol.com/kodak to showcase their unique culture and traditions. For every photograph uploaded, Kodak and Yahoo! En Español will donate $2 respectively (up to $20,000 combined) to the Hispanic College Fund, a national non-profit organization that provides educational, scholarship and mentoring programs to U.S. Hispanic students.


This year, more Hispanic students than ever before took the ACT, yet their performance remained static. HCF weighs in on this issue here, in the publication Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

 


200 At-Promise Latino High School Students to Receive Education on College, Career, and Community

Los Angeles, CA (August 18, 2009) – More than 200 Hispanic students from Los Angeles’s Roosevelt, Santee, and Belmont high schools will gather on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles today to launch the first-ever Los Angeles Hispanic Youth Symposium, a four-day, three-night college access program hosted by the Hispanic College Fund and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Student attendees, who were selected from a competitive admissions pool of more than 900 initial applicants, will focus on learning strategies for success in college, career, and community service, as well as building their self-confidence and the motivation needed to succeed in higher education and a professional career.


Want to see what a Hispanic Youth Symposium is like?

Check out our new video from this year's Dallas Hispanic Youth Symposium!


Over 200 At-Promise Hispanic High School Students to Receive Education on
College, Career, and Community


FAIRFAX, VA (July 28, 2009) – Over 200 Hispanic students from across Virginia will gather at the George Mason University to launch the fifth annual Virginia Hispanic Youth Symposium, a four-day, three-night college access program hosted by the Hispanic College Fund. Student attendees, who were selected from a competitive admissions pool of nearly 400 applicants, will focus on learning strategies for success related to college, career, and community service, as well as building their self-confidence and the motivation needed to succeed in a professional career.


150 At-Promise Latino and Native American High School Students to Receive Education on College, Career, and Community

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (July 15, 2009) – Nearly 150 Hispanic and Native American students from across New Mexico’s will gather at the University of New Mexico to launch the second annual New Mexico Hispanic Youth Symposium, a four-day, three-night college access program hosted by the Hispanic College Fund and New Mexico MESA. Student attendees, who were selected from a competitive admissions pool of nearly 250 applicants, will focus on learning strategies for success in college, career, and community service, as well as building their self-confidence and the motivation needed to succeed in a professional career.


Opening ceremonies scheduled to kick off four-day event at 3 p.m.

Albuquerque, NM (July 13, 2009) – Nearly 150 Hispanic and Native American students from across New Mexico will gather on the campus of the University of New Mexico on July 15 to celebrate the launch of the second annual New Mexico Hispanic Youth Symposium, a four-day, three-night college access program hosted by the Hispanic College Fund (HCF) and New Mexico MESA.


At-Promise Latino High School Students Empowered to Pursue College, Career

Dallas, TX (June 30, 2009) – Today, almost 200 of the North Texas area’s most promising Hispanic high school students will gather at Southern Methodist University (SMU) to launch Texas’ first-ever Dallas Hispanic Youth Symposium (HYS), a four-day, three-night college access program hosted by the Hispanic College Fund in cooperation with SMU.