listen to this articleAt Rockville Center, Molloy College, Ocean Financial Credit Union, and 100 Hispanic Women launch the “100 Hispanic LI Scholarships'' program for young Hispanic women across Long Island. .
Scholarships will be awarded next year. His initial $5,000 funding for the program will be split into three scholarships: two $1,250 undergraduate scholarships and one $2,500 graduate scholarship.
Award winners are selected by 100 Hispanic Women, a nonprofit, nonpartisan women's organization comprised of members from a wide range of industries and interests.
“Everyone needs help getting into college,” said Molloy College President James Lentini. “This collaboration will help fund scholarships and other programs we develop for Hispanic students. It will help,” he said in a news release about the new scholarship.
“It is proof that students who receive scholarships complete their education,” Alicia McGrath, president of 100 Hispanic Women, said in a news release.
“With these scholarships, we are giving members of the Hispanic community an added advantage in being able to complete their education and obtain the credentials they need to be competitive in this world,” she added. Ta.
The three organizations have recently collaborated on several initiatives.
“One of our focuses at Ocean Financial is financial literacy,” Joseph Tedesco, president and CEO of Ocean Financial, a credit union with $359 million in assets, said in a release. Ta. “We want to take that effort to the next level through these educational opportunities.”
For example, in 2023, the Knights of Columbus in New York, the Diocese of Rockville Center, and a credit union serving Catholic members interested in the credit union committed $500,000 to Molloy over five years.
The gift is the largest corporate gift Molloy has received and is aimed at improving financial literacy among the university's students. This includes sponsorship of the Mentoring Latina Program at Molloy. This program is a program specifically designed to expose Latino students from participating high schools to college life and engage them in related activities such as faculty visits and financial workshops. Also sporting and cultural events.
