Thursday, October 2, 2008

$10,000 Scholarships Available

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund will be awarding $10,000 scholarships this fall as part of a program with Marathon Oil Corporation.

They will be awarded to minority students for up to 2 years - a potential of $20,000 per student, plus up to 3 summers of paid internships with Marathon!

These opportunities are open to African American, Asian/Pacific-Islander and American Indian students as well as Hispanic students.

Please get the information about these excellent scholarships directly into the hands of your students. To accomplish this, please forward this notice to some of the following people, with a request that they email this information to students:

1) Persons responsible for minority/under-represented students in your community/school/workplace;

2) Persons coordinating scholarships in your community/school/workplace;

3) Someone in administration/student affairs in your community/school/workplace who can email this information directly to your students/youth who may be interested.

The application deadline for this program is November 1, so please get this information to students as soon as possible.

Specific eligibility criteria and the application itself can be viewed at
www.hsf.net/Scholarships.aspx?id=464.

Please keep in mind that HSF awards over 4,100 scholarships each year, across disciplines, and that applying for the Marathon program also qualifies students for other opportunities, many of which are designated for students in your in your community/school/workplace.

Dahlia Ferlito
Youth Clinical Outreach Coordinator
REAL Youth Center
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture
1530 Hillhurst Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
P: (323) 644-3880 x 261
F: (323) 644-3892
www.realyc.com

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