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Budweiser to Donate $20,000 to Hispanic College ScholarshipsThe King of Beers is sponsoring a scholarship drive that will help Hispanic students pay for college. With an eye toward raising $20,000, Budweiser, along with its parent brewing company, Anheuser-Busch, will set aside 25 cents for every case of Budweiser, Bud Light and Budweiser Select 18-pack of bottles at Sedano's Supermarkets, a South Florida grocery chain. |
Census: One-Fourth of All Kindergartners Are HispanicA new report from the U.S. Census is showing that Hispanic children now constitute a fifth of all K-12 students. It appears the trend is set to accelerate, because the younger the grade level, the higher the percentage. According to the AP, Nearly a quarter of all the nation's kindergarten students are Hispanic, more than triple the rate during the 1970s. |
UC Berkeley to Discuss Sustainability, Calif. PolicyUC Berkeley is scheduled to host a new series of events titled "Growing Sustainability in a Low-Carbon World," which will examine California's climate change policies. Put on by the university's Institute for Urban and Regional Development, the program will focus on the more technical and clamorous aspects in actualizing a low-carbon California, rather than focus on the already much-discussed advancements in technologies and clean fuels. |
Read Across America Day Commemorates Seuss, ChildrenToday, March 2, marks the twelfth annual Read Across America Day, in which every adult is encouraged to pick up a book and read to a child. |
Wal-Mart Gives $1 Million to CHCI; Will Increase Hispanic InternshipsThe Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute will be expanding its D.C. internships for undergraduates come 2010, thanks to a $1 million check from Wal-Mart. The hefty donation will allow CHCI to increase its Capitol Hill internships from only summers to year-round while doubling the internship's yearly attendance. |