Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 3, 2002

Volume 30, Number 28

New Yale chapter offers support for Hispanic students

As part of a national initiative encouraging academic achievement among Hispanic Americans, Yale welcomed a new student chapter of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) promoting academic excellence among Hispanic students.

"This event, which increases our presence at leading U.S. universities, is a celebration of the one-year anniversary of the launch of the HSF Scholar Chapters," says Sara Martinez Tucker, HSF president and chief executive officer. "These chapters give HSF the opportunity to provide our scholars with resources and support, as well as with leadership opportunities and access to HSF scholars and alumni across the country."

Yale's HSF Scholar Chapter is made possible through the partnership with the Goldman Sachs Foundation, which funded the launch of the HSF Scholar Chapters program in 2001 with a $1 million grant. There are currently 11 HSF Scholars at Yale.

Last year, thanks to the support of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, HSF Scholar Chapters opened at Harvard, Columbia and Stanford universities, as well as the Universities of California at Berkeley and Texas at Austin.

The program matches Hispanic students with past participants through the organization's alumni mentoring program, designed to help scholars make the transition from college to professional life.

HSF, the nation's leading Hispanic educational organization, is committed to doubling the rate of Hispanics earning college degrees.

Founded in 1975 to strengthen college education among Hispanic Americans, the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, HSF is now the nation's leading Hispanic educational organization, providing more college scholarships to the Latin community than any other group. It has awarded more than 45,000 scholarships totaling nearly $60 million to Latinos from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, who have attended more than 1,300 colleges and universities.

The mission of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, established in 1999, is to promote excellence and innovation in education worldwide, and to improve the academic performance and lifelong productivity of young people.

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