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PAC's
Upward Bound Students Awarded Scholarships
Five
Palo Alto College Upward Bound program
students received scholarships from the
Cesar Chavez Legacy and Education Foundation!
They are:
Jesus
McDonald
$1,500
Lytle High School
Ben
Hernandez
$1,000
Poteet High School
Adriana
Guajardo
$1,000
Jourdanton High School
Rigoberto
Amaya
$500
Poteet High School
Teresa
Garza
$500
Poteet High School
The
students are pictured above with Rosa
Rosales (l), national president of the
League of United Latin American Citizens
(LULAC), at the Chavez Foundation Dinner
where they received their award Friday
night. On Saturday, the Upward Bound Students
participated in the 11th Annual Cesar
Chavez March that drew more than 20,000
participants in San Antonio. Picture below
(right) with some of the students is Dr.
Federico Zaragoza, ACCD’s vice chancellor
for professional, technical and workforce
education.
NVC
President Claunch and Van De Walle-Dreher
Honored Northwest
Vista College President Dr. Jacqueline
Claunch and ACCD Foundation Board chairperson
Jackie Van De Walle-Dreher were honored
at the 11th Annual "Salute to Outstanding
Women in Action" awards gala sponsored
by La Prensa, San Antonio's only bilingual
newspaper. The awards ceremony is held
in celebration of Women's History Month
and honors women with an impressive professional
background and a long history of community
involvement.
Claunch, who has been president of NVC
since 1998, received an award for outstanding
achievements in education. Under her leadership,
NVC was recognized by the MetLife Foundation
as one of only four "best-practice
community colleges" in the nation
to receive a student retention initiative
award.
Van
De Walle-Dreher was presented the award
for outstanding achievements in community
service. She has been a member of the
ACCD Foundation Board since early 1997
and has served as chairperson since later
that same year. |
