On November 20th, 2014, Consul Alberto Fierro Garza of the Consulate of Mexico in Saint Paul and Guido Arochi, Deputy Director General of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME), presented an IME Fellowship Program grant to Augsburg College to benefit Mexican or Mexican-American students.
Augsburg College will provide a 1:1 match of these scholarship funds, thus providing a total of $24,000 for six current students with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) status.
“Our DACA students inspire us with their resilience and challenge us to stay true to our mission,” said Dulce Monterrubio, Director of Latin@ Student Services. “These funds will assist DACA students by closing the gap in tuition, fees, and out-of-pocket cost so that they can direct their energy and talents towards their studies, internships, and research endeavors.”
Pictured (L to R): Jay D. Peterson, Assistant Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations; Miriam Villaldama Lopez (Women’s Studies, ’16); Alan Medina-Gonzalez (Chemistry, ’16); Dulce Monterrubio, Director of Latin@ Student Services; Lori Peterson, Assistant Vice President, Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies; Gabriela Monge Lagunes (Social Work, ’15)
Not Pictured: Julio Velazco Silvar (Pre-Engineering, ’17), Jose Guadarrama (Mathematics, ’16), and Bryan Sanchez Valencia (Psychology, ’17)