PAN AMERICAN ROUND TABLES OF TEXAS
LOCAL PART SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA

• Alamo-San Juan-Parr
  
• Austin
  • Charles Wilson Hackett Memorial Scholarship $1,000
    Awarded to a graduate student for outstanding achievement in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
  • Jeannie Hunter Hackett Memorial Scholarship $1,000
    Awarded to an outstanding Latin American undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin
  • Grant to Reading is Fundamental Program $250
  • Mitty Guerra Memorial Scholarship, in the amount of $1,000
    Awarded annually to a Hispanic woman residing in Austin who has been recommended by an active member and has shown determination in overcoming barriers to accomplish her educational goals.
  • Special Projects in memory of Clarice Neal
• Beeville
• Brownsville I
  • Brownsville PART I shall give a scholarship to one or two graduating seniors from Brownsville, who are United States citizens. The first scholarship must be in the amount of at least $500.00. The second and third scholarships will be awarded on the recommendation of the Finance Committee in accordance with available funds. In 2005-2006, three scholarships of $1,500.00 each were awarded.
• Brownsville II
  
  • Brownsville II gives two scholarships a year from $250 to $300. The scholarship is given to an undergraduate student who has demonstrated a need for the help and who has satisfactorily completed a year or more of college.
• Conroe
• Corpus Christi
  • Pan American Round Table - Corpus Christ Criteria for Scholarship and Faculty Enrichment Grants
    The criteria for selection of recipients are as follows:
    The recipient shall be a person with an interest in fostering mutual understanding among the countries of the Western Hemisphere in the areas of history, culture, language, government, business and/or the arts.
    If a graduate or an undergraduate student, the individual will demonstrate financial need.
    The recipient must be a citizen of the United States or of a country of the Western Hemisphere who intends to return to his/her native country.
    If a graduate or an undergraduate student, the recipient shall be enrolled or intend to enroll in Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, Texas A & M University-Kingsville or Del Mar College.
    The recipient must enroll in a minimum of twelve college credit hours and maintain a 2.5 grade point average or better on a four-point scale.
    If the recipient is a faculty member applying for an enhancement grant, he or she must be a faculty member at an institution in the South Texas region. Students should submit an application (available at the college financial aids office), a letter of financial need, a reference from a faculty member of that institution, and a current transcript.
    A faculty member should submit a proposal that includes a narrative description, a detailed budget, and a curriculum vita.
    
• Dallas III
  • Members of the Pan American Round Table of Dallas III has offered a cash grant of $500 by semester to a student pursuing any major degree, or to a teacher who plans to further studies in a Latin American country.
    The Tables guidelines are: the candidate must be a foreign student registered in a Dallas County college or university who plans to return to her country of origin upon completion of her studies.
• Del Rio
• Eagle Pass
• Edinburg
• El Paso-Juarez
  • The El Paso/Juarez members have given 4 scholarships of $1,000 each, given to the best students with financial need in the upper division (junior-senior level) at the University of Texas at El Paso. These are awarded in the fall of each year. Money is raised by member contributions, memorials, and a special fund from the Freedom Foundation. Updated 02/16/2006
• Fort Worth I
  • Fort Worth Table I currently offers 2 scholarships per year in the amount of $500 each to worthy persons who are attending a college or university in Fort Worth or the surrounding region and who have attained a junior or senior level classification. The young person so assisted and the amount of money to be endowed shall be determined yearly by the Executive Board of the Table with approval by the membership. Updated 02/10/2006
• Fort Worth II
  • Forth Worth II offers a scholarship to a student with financial need who shows great potential in academics. Table members determine when a scholarship will be offered.
• Houston
  • Each year the members award three $1000 Scholarships.
• Laredo
• McAllen
  • To celebrate the new millennium, the McAllen Pan American Round Table (PART) awarded three scholarships of $1,000 each to three McAllen High Schools, for a total of $3,000. The criteria for student candidates were that they be in the upper 25 percentile of the senior class and would attend either University of Texas - Pan American or South Texas Technical College. PART emphasized awarding scholarships to students who had financial need and who otherwise would not receive another scholarship. Harriet Sepulveda, Chair, PART Scholarship Committee, email: HS1956@aol.com
• Odessa
• Rio Grande City-Roma
  • The Table gives two scholarships each year for $400 each - one to a student from Rio Grande City and one from Roma. Sometimes we give other scholarships, but not on a yearly basis.
  • We have sponsored the Rio Grande City High School Pan American Student Forum to attend convention contests in the amount of $500 for the past two years. The students are required to fill out application with a personal letter giving the following information: (1) That applicant has been a resident of Starr County for at least 3 years (2) Name of college that applicant expects to attend (3) Source of funds to supplement scholarship if won (4) list of high school activities (5) that the applicant understands the method of payment ($200 per semester with passing grades)
• San Antonio
  Criteria for scholarship selection prepared by Karen Diaz on June 3, 2007. Updated 06/04/2007
  • The amount to be distributed will be determined by the Scholarship Chair, the Treasurer, and the Director.
  • The amount to be distributed will be determined by June 30.
  • The institution will be selected by the Scholarship Committee.
  • The candidate must be enrolled in high school, college or graduate school. The candidate must provide a biographical sketch, a letter addressing financial need, an official school transcript, and two letters of recommendation.
  • Applications are due by October 15th.
  • The Scholarship Committee will make the final determination of the recipient/recipients and the award will be announced at the January board meeting.
  • The monetary award will be distributed and managed by the recipient's academic institution.
• San Benito

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