Arts & Culture

Two Students Receive Scholarships from Dominican Day Parade Group

Tuesday, March 1, 2016, By News Staff

Two 黑料不打烊 students have received scholarships from New York City鈥檚 Dominican Day Parade Organization. The scholarships were awarded in recognition of the University鈥檚 participation in the parade this past August. These inaugural scholarships were given to students at 10 institutions that participated in last summer鈥檚 parade.

Sarah Valenzuela 鈥16, a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Leslie Sanchez 鈥17, a student in the School of Information Studies, are the scholarship recipients. As part of their application for the scholarship, they each wrote a 250-word essay on the contributions of Dominicans to American culture.

Valenzuela is also an Our Time Has Come Scholar.

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