PAN AMERICAN ROUND TABLES OF TEXAS
Local PART Scholarship Criteria

• Alamo-San Juan-Parr
  
• Austin Updated 02/05/2010
  • The Charles Wilson Hackett Memorial Scholarship of $2,000 is awarded to a graduate student for outstanding achievement in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
  • The Jeannie Hunter Hackett Memorial Scholarship of $2,000 is awarded to an outstanding Latin American undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin.
  • The Mitty Guerra Memorial Scholarship of $2,000 is awarded to a Hispanic woman residing in Austin who has shown determination in completing her educational goals and has overcome personal barriers to further her dream.
• Beeville
• Brownsville I Updated 05/12/2010
• Table I awards the following scholarships:
  • Bessie K. Johnson Scholarship - This scholarship is in honor of our founder, who also help to found PART II in Brownsville, PART of San Benito, and PART of McAllen. She also assisted in organizing several international Tables. This scholarship is awarded every year.
  • Clara L. Ely Scholarship - Clara L Ely was a very close associate of Bessie K. Johnson and together they attended the first Inter-American Conference of the Alliance of Pan American Round Tables in 1994. This scholarship is awarded every year
  • Susana Schwarm Scholarship - Susana Schwarm served as Director of PART I from 2007 to 2009. During her tenure the Table celebrated its 75th Birthday and joined the Alliance of Pan American Round Tables. She helped initiate the planning of the 54th State Convention. This scholarship will be awarded yearly as memorial funds are available.
  • Pan American Round Table I Members Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded upon the recommendation of the Finance Committee in accordance with available funds. The funds for this scholarship are usually raised at the Silver Tea, a PART I biennial event.
    
• 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 (See details at Table homepage under Special Projects) Updated 02/26/2010
• 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 Updated 06/10/2010
  • The El Paso Pan American Round Table gives scholarships to the best students in financial need in the upper division (junior-senior level) or graduate level at the University of Texas at El Paso. The number of scholarships and the amount given is based on the number of applicants and the monies available each year. The Scholarship Committee meets during the summer months, selects the recipients from the pool of applicants and awards the scholarships. The recipients must maintain the 3.5 GPA which is required in order to maintain the scholarship for the second semester. Scholarship money is raised through member contributions, memorials, and a special fund from the Freedom Foundation.
• 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 Updated 02/05/2010
  • The Houston Table awarded nine, $1,000 scholarships in 2009. Each year our Table conducts various fundraising events to raise scholarship funds and the Scholarship Committee reviews and recommends the allocation and distribution of scholarships to be awarded local scholars.
• Laredo
  • At each meeting the members take a gift. Tickets are sold and at the end of the meeting, we raffle off the prizes. Each year the Table raises enough money to give one or two scholarships of $1,000.00 each. Last year we honored one student with a $2,000.00 scholarship. In 2010 the scholarship will be awarded to a student from Laredo Community College.
• 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 Updated 07/26/2008 (Other details can be found on Table's homepage)
  • 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 06/03/2007.
  • 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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