Procter and Gamble has announced that it is contributing $150,000 to the
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) to help provide scholarships for Hispanic students pursuing college careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
According to PR Newswire, a Congressional Research Service report from 2008 indicates that science and technology-related professions are among the top 30 fastest-growing occupations with a 27 percent growth rate, compared to a 10 percent average rate for other occupations.
The HSF scholarship application period will run until February 27, 2009, with 48 scholarships of $2,500 awarded to eligible Hispanic students who will be enrolled in school in the fall of 2009.
P&G has been a corporate partner of HSF for more than two decades and has contributed more than $3,000,000 to help educate future Hispanic leaders.
Read the full release
here.
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