{"id":576,"date":"2007-07-05T19:34:28","date_gmt":"2007-07-05T19:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2007\/07\/05\/awards-ceremony-for-scholarship-winners-in-sterling\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T14:36:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T19:36:07","slug":"awards-ceremony-for-scholarship-winners-in-sterling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/awards-ceremony-for-scholarship-winners-in-sterling\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards Ceremony for Scholarship Winners in Sterling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"sterling_awards\"<\/a>Seventeen students from the Rock Falls-Sterling, Ill. area were awarded scholarships by the Twin Cities Educational Scholarship, Inc. Awards Ceremony on June 23, 2007. Sixteen of the students received awards in the amount of $500 but one student, Hannah Cruz was awarded a full ride for one year at the University of Western Illinois. The student with the best
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overall academic average wins the full ride when they enroll in a university in the state of Ill.\u00a0 Cruz is majoring in sociology and plans to go to law school, she said.
\n\u201cI\u2019m very lucky,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m very honored and I\u2019ll put the scholarship to good use.\u201d<\/p>

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Jessie Ruiz, the appointed chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, was the keynote speaker and addressed how vibrant the Latino community is in the state.
\n\u201cFinancial support is important,\u201d he said. \u201cBut community support and family support are also important.\u201d Ruiz said that one should take the opportunities that have been provided to you.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecome educated, become educators and start giving back as well,\u201d he advised.
\nTCES, Inc. provided free food and refreshments for the families of the scholarship winners at the awards ceremony.\u00a0 Since its founding in 1977 the TCES has awarded over $350,000 in scholarships to over 400 deserving Latino college students.<\/p>\n

President of TCES John Espinoza said that the scholarship winners do not just receive the money. The winners have to sign a commitment of twenty hours of volunteer work in fundraisers. Recipients from the previous year contribute their time to help raise funds for the scholarships.\u00a0 A family with two or more applicants has to give thirty hours of work at the fundraisers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you just give someone something, they don\u2019t appreciate it,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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2007-2008 Scholarship Recipients:<\/b><\/i>
\nAlicia Cox
\nAlexander Batten
\nAlyssa Gonz\u00e1lez
\nAustin Morgan
\nBrandon Cervantes
\nChristine Venghaus
\nDaniela Lemus
\nEdelia Rivera
\nHannah Cruz
\nJamie Rodr\u00edguez
\nJessica Cruz de Osuna
\nLeah Rodr\u00edguez
\nSam Gallardo
\nSean Banda
\nShane Gonz\u00e1lez
\nStefanie Venghaus
\nTyler Reyes<\/p>\n

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