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Southwest Airlines and the
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Announce the 5th Annual Education Travel Award Program “Dándole Alas a Tu Éxito/Giving Flight to Your Success” APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JUNE 5, 2009 RECIPIENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA E-MAIL THE WEEK OF Applications are no longer being accepted.
SAN ANTONIO, TX – February 9, 2009 – Applications are being accepted, for the 5th Annual "Dándole Alas a Tu Éxito/Giving Flight to Your Success" travel award program sponsored by Southwest Airlines and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). Through this national education initiative, Southwest will provide roundtrip airline tickets to undergraduate and graduate students across the country with socio-economic need who travel away from home to pursue a higher education. In this year's program, each student is eligible to receive between one and four roundtrip tickets for the student and/or parent to use when traveling to/from the university. The complimentary airline ticket(s) can be used for travel to any of the 64 destinations (Southwest will begin service to Boston Logan in Fall 2009) that Southwest serves. Students from HACU and non-HACU member institutions may apply. A selection of national education advocates and community leaders will determine the winners based on specific criteria. To view the criteria for the 2009 award program, please click here. For additional information contact: Ana Esquivel, HACU's Executive Director of Development, at (210) 576-3224 or development@hacu.net. To view this year's poster announcing the program, click here. Travel award recipients will be notified the week of August 3, 2009.
“Southwest Airlines is proud to support Hispanic youth achieving their dreams of a higher education,” said Laura Nieto, Senior Manager of Southwest Airlines Corporate Community Affairs. “We are also happy to provide air travel to families with students away from home. Southwest keeps family bonds strong while students receive a college education.” “HACU is proud to be part of the Lánzate program for the fifth year,” said Antonio Flores, HACU President and CEO. “We admire Southwest’s commitment to continue supporting Hispanic higher education by giving students the opportunity to ‘spread their wings’ while staying rooted at home.” HACU, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, represents approximately 450 colleges and universities, including Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), which collectively serve more than two-thirds of all Hispanic higher education students in the United States. HACU's international membership includes leading higher education institutions in Latin America, Portugal and Spain. Southwest Airlines, the nation's largest carrier in terms of domestic passengers enplaned, currently serves 65 cities in 33 states (Southwest will begin service to Boston Logan in Fall 2009). Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates more than 3,200 flights a day and has more than 35,000 Employees systemwide. Media please contact: Applications are no longer being accepted.
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