NATIONAL DIRECTORY - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
NATIONAL DIRECTORY - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
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Public Relations Student Society of<br />
America (PRSSA) Marcia Silverman<br />
Minority Student Award<br />
Annually, PRSSA and the PRSA Foundation<br />
offer many individual scholarships to help<br />
enhance students’ education. The Marcia<br />
Silverman Minority Student Award provides<br />
$5,000 to a minority student who is committed<br />
to public relations and has demonstrated<br />
academic achievement in public relations<br />
and overall studies. Applicants must be<br />
rising college seniors enrolled in a journalism<br />
program, public relations studies or<br />
courses preparing for a career in public<br />
relations and have a minimum 3.0 GPA.<br />
PRSSA also offers several other scholarship<br />
opportunities for students pursuing public<br />
relations-oriented degrees.<br />
Contact:<br />
PRSSA — Marcia Silverman Minority Student<br />
Award<br />
33 Maiden Lane, 11th Floor<br />
New York, NY 10038<br />
Tel: (212) 460-1476<br />
Fax: (212) 995-0757<br />
E-mail: prssa@prsa.org<br />
Web site: www.prssa.org/scholarships_<br />
competitions/individual/<br />
QuestBridge<br />
QuestBridge is a nonprofit program that<br />
links bright, motivated low-income students<br />
with educational and scholarship opportunities<br />
at some of the nation’s best colleges.<br />
QuestBridge is the provider of the National<br />
College Match Program and the College<br />
Prep Scholarship.<br />
QuestBridge’s College Prep Scholarship<br />
provides more than 1,000 awards that equip<br />
outstanding low-income high school juniors<br />
with the knowledge necessary to compete for<br />
admission to leading colleges. The College<br />
Prep Scholarship is a gateway to further<br />
opportunities that QuestBridge offers. It is<br />
designed to prepare students to be successful<br />
applicants to the QuestBridge National<br />
National Scholarships<br />
College Match program at the start of their<br />
senior year. The National College Match pairs<br />
outstanding low-income high school seniors<br />
with admission and full scholarships to<br />
QuestBridge partner colleges.<br />
Students who are admitted to a Quest-<br />
Bridge partner college through QuestBridge<br />
will also join a national network of hundreds<br />
of Quest Scholars who are as committed<br />
to helping others as they are to their own<br />
academic excellence and professional<br />
aspirations.<br />
Contact:<br />
QuestBridge<br />
120 Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 103<br />
Palo Alto, CA 94301<br />
Tel: (650) 331-3280 or (888) 275-2054<br />
Fax: (650) 653-2516<br />
E-mail: questions@questbridge.org<br />
Web site: www.questbridge.org<br />
The Roybal Foundation Public Health<br />
Scholarship Program<br />
The purpose of the Lucille and Edward R.<br />
Roybal Foundation Scholarship Program is<br />
to provide scholarships to <strong>Hispanic</strong> students<br />
in their junior or senior year or in a<br />
graduate program of an accredited college<br />
or university. Students must be pursuing<br />
public health careers and wish to serve the<br />
interest of low-income, Spanish-speaking<br />
communities in the United States. The Roybal<br />
Foundation offers scholarships in four<br />
areas: optometry, pharmacy, nursing, and<br />
public health-related programs. Individual<br />
scholarships will be in the amount of $5,000<br />
for graduate students and $2,500 for undergraduate<br />
students. Applicants must have<br />
a minimum GPA of 2.5 and demonstrate<br />
financial need.<br />
Scholarships, Internships, and Fellowships 39
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