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Centro Cultural Cubano Endowed Award for Spanish Majors

The Centro Cultural Cubano of San Antonio Endowed Award was established to encourage the study of the Spanish language and culture.

Qualifications and Selection Process:

• Must be a student enrolled on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 semester credit hours) as an undergraduate

• Must have completed at least 48 hours by the semester in which the scholarship will be disbursed

• Must have declared a major in Spanish

• Must have an overall cumulative G.P.A. of at least 3.0, based on a 4.0 scale

• May be used for study abroad

• Among equally qualified applicants, preference will be given to students demonstrating a need for financial assistance as determined by the Office of Student Financial Aid

2021: Awarded to Stefanie Naoun

2020: Awarded to Omar Enrique Alvarado

2019: Awarded to Elizabeth Honsalek

2018: Awarded to Ana Juarez

2017: Awarded to Jillian Piepenburg

2016: Awarded to Luis Enrique Angel

Modern Languages & Literatures Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship

• Applicants must be actively pursuing a degree with a major or minor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.

•  Applicants must have completed at least two upper-division courses at UTSA in their major or one upper-division course in the minor by time of award.

• Applicants must have and maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average during period of award.

• Recipient must be enrolled in at least one upper-division course in the discipline of the major or minor during the award semesters.

• Applicants must demonstrate their interest in the study of modern languages and literatures by writing a 500-word essay on why they have chosen language studies

• Requires two letters of recommendation from UTSA faculty

• May be used for study abroad

2022: Awarded to Maria Luisa Montealvo

2021: Awarded to Mariel Fabi

2020: Awarded to Christine Martinez

2019: Awarded to Michael Arrowsmith

2018: Awarded to Crystal Hernandez

2017: Awarded to Alexandra Duhaime

2016: Awarded to Ana Laura Garcia

Modern Languages Various Donors Scholarships

• Open to all language majors or minors who excel in their classwork

• Applicants must demonstrate their interest in the study of modern languages and literatures by writing a 500-word essay on why they have chosen language studies

• Two letters of recommendation from UTSA faculty (preferred, not required)

• May be used for study abroad

2020: Awarded to Maria Luisa Montealvo Rojas, Stephanie Naoun, Genera Strankschreier, and Steven Vega

2019: Awarded to Nicholas Laznovsky, Stephanie Lopez, Milagros Mandujano, and Sydney Zahoni

2018: Awarded to Jonathan David Riojas and Lucero G. Valdez

Frank and Barbara Pino Endowed Scholarship

• Must be a student enrolled on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 semester credit hours) as an undergraduate
• Must have declared a major in Spanish
• Must have an overall cumulative G.P.A. of at least 3.0, based on a 4.0 scale
• Among equally qualified applicants, preference will be given to students demonstrating a need for financial assistance as determined by the Office of Student Financial Aid

2022: Awarded to Maria Luisa Montealvo

2021: Awarded to Omar Alvarado