RICHMOND, VA – October 2009 – The Virginia Latino Higher Education Network (VALHEN), the Commonwealth’s only organization dedicated to support the success of Latinos in higher education, announces its first scholarship dedicated to assist Virginia Latino/Hispanic students to pursue higher education.
“VALHEN is very excited to announce its first scholarship; it is our plan to offer this scholarship on an annual basis to a deserving student,” said Dr. Maricel Quintana-Baker, VALHEN President.
The scholarship award is in the amount of $500.00 and will be paid directly to the college or university to cover tuition, books, and/or fees. Applicants must be of Latino/Hispanic heritage, live n Virginia, and have graduated from a Virginia high school or be currently enrolled as a full-time student in a Virginia degree-granting, public or private, higher education institution.
Applications are due by January 30th, 2010 and the inaugural award will be presented to a deserving student at VALHEN’s next annual Encuentro, on March 12-13, 2010, hosted this year by Virginia State University. The scholarship’s full eligibility criteria, deadline, and online application form are available at http://www.valhen.org/scholarship.
About VALHEN
The Virginia Latino Higher Education Network (VALHEN), a nonprofit and nonpartisan statewide organization, serves as a networking structure for individuals in colleges, universities, K-12, and the community-at-large, to communicate, advocate, organize, research and identify resources which support and work towards the success of Latinos in higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VALHEN Board of Directors is comprised of volunteer higher education professionals and community leaders in the Commonwealth of Virginia. For more information, please visit http://www.valhen.org.