Courtesy of Karen Lewis, Director of AVID's Western Division..."As part of the continuing trend to provide not only your district but your students with various educational opportunities, HACU is pleased to forward the following information for the Smithsonian Latino Center on their 2009 Young Ambassadors Program. The Young Ambassadors is a national leadership development program for high school seniors with the aim to cultivate the next generation of Latino leaders in the arts and culture fields through one-on-one interaction with artists, curators, historians, and other museum and arts professionals. This program is made possible through the generous support of Ford Motor Company Fund.
The Smithsonian Latino Center is looking for graduating high school seniors with an interest and commitment to the arts (e.g. film, dance, design, music, visual, performing, and/or literary arts) and a GPA of 3.25 or above to participate in a one week internship at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. DC. Through the Ford Motor Company, all meals, accommodations and roundtrip airfare will be provided for the 24 students selected for this program. In addition, students will also be eligible for a 4 week internship at a Smithsonian affiliated museum or other cultural institution in their community. After completing both the week in DC and the 4 week internship, students will receive a $2000.00 stipend for their college expenses.
The deadline to apply is March 31, 2009. For further information and program requirements and to apply, please visit www.latino.si.edu/education or contact Emily Key, Education Programs Manager, at 202.633.1268 or by email at keye@si.edu.
If I can be of any assistance, please feel free to contact me.
Jeanette R. Morales
Member & Affiliate Services Program Manager
Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities
8415 Datapoint Drive, Suite 400
San Antonio, TX 78229
Direct Line: (210) 576-3220
Fax: (210) 692-0823"
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