For immediate release
Timer Warner Inc. partners with HACU
for new Hispanic scholarship program
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Global media/entertainment giant Time Warner Inc. awarded the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) $300,000 over three years to provide scholarships to students attending HACU member campuses.
The first 34 recipients -- undergraduate students in Arizona, California, Florida, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas and Puerto Rico -- were each awarded a $2,000 scholarship under the new HACU/Time Warner Scholarship Program.
“Time Warner is committed to helping the next generation of youth reach its full potential. We are delighted that our partnership with HACU has resulted in this unique scholarship program which will help make college more accessible to deserving students in the Hispanic community,” said Lisa Quiroz, Vice President, Time Warner's Office of Corporate Responsibility.
“HACU applauds Time Warner for this generous investment in the future of our Hispanic students, who represent our country’s largest ethnic population and fastest-growing segment of the U.S. labor force,” said HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores.
“The Hispanic higher education community is deeply grateful for this important new scholarship program that will benefit hundreds of our students over the next three years,” Flores said. “HACU is honored to become a partner with a celebrated corporation that not only informs and entertains the world, but also reaches back with its contributions to the future of our communities through Time Warner’s invaluable support for education and workforce diversity.”
The $2,000 renewable HACU/Time Warner Scholarship Program awards are open to eligible students attending one of HACU’s more than 395 member colleges and universities, which collectively serve more than two-thirds of all Hispanic higher education students in the United States.
Time Warner is the world’s leading media and entertainment company, renowned for its innovations in technology, products and services through its industry-leading divisions of Time Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment, New Line Cinema, HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, Time Warner Cable and America Online.
Applicants for the new HACU/Time Warner Scholarship Program must be full-time undergraduate students with a minimum 3.0 GPA at four-year HACU member higher education institutions who have completed at least 12 undergraduate units of any major with an interest in the entertainment, news, media and telecommunications industries. Selected scholars also may be considered for paid summer internships in Time Warner’s “STARS” program.
| This year’s scholarship
winners are: • Rosa Garcia, Arizona State University, West Campus • Dora Gonzales, California State University, Dominguez Hills • Andres Gonzalez, California State University, Hayward • Allison Pettygrove, California State University, San Bernardino • Marlene Macias, University of California, Los Angeles • Nathalie Castano, Florida International University • Vanessa Godoy, Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus (Florida) • Amaury Rodriguez, University of Central Florida • Andres Irizarry, University of Central Florida • Nicole Lopez, University of Miami • Luis Lebron, University of South Florida • Adrian Brevard, New Jersey City University • John Quintana, College of Santa Fe (New Mexico) • Gabriel Broche, The Pennsylvania State University • Jovania Narvaez, Universidad Metropolitana (Puerto Rico) • Reinaldo Vazquez, Universidad del Turabo (Puerto Rico) • Jeniffer Santana Acevedo, Universidad Metropolitana (Puerto Rico) • Jose Cotto, Universidad Metropolitana (Puerto Rico) • Ricardo Sanchez, Universidad Metropolitana (Puerto Rico) • Elizabeth Delgado, Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, Hato Rey • Lloyd Rivera, Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, Hato Rey • Luis La Luz-Rivera, Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, Hato Rey • Manuel Menendez, Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, Hato Rey • Walter de Jesus, Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, Hato Rey • Joshua Benitez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus • Robert Dominguez, St. Mary’s University (Texas) • Derrick Muschalek, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi • Ricardo Contreras, Texas A&M University, Kingsville • Ana Sarabia, University of Texas at Austin • Marialena Rivera, University of Texas at Austin • Manny Gonzales, University of Texas at El Paso • Phillip Guillen, University of Texas at San Antonio • Launa Steinsdoerfer, University of the Incarnate Word (Texas) • Roy Rodriguez, University of the Incarnate Word (Texas) |
For more information about HACU and its scholarship programs,
call HACU at (202) 467-0893 or visit scholarships.hacu.net. For more information
about HACU and Time Warner’s education and community outreach initiatives,
visit www.hacu.net or www.timewarner.com.