Study: COVID-19 curfew disrupts college student finances, daily life
May 21, 2020
A survey conducted by nonprofit Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción of 535 Puerto Rico college students confirmed many of them have experienced a financial blow from the COVID-19 pandemic and curfew. The data shows that more than two thirds of the students have seen a reduction in their income. A number of them students were unemployed, […]
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100 students receive Popular Foundation’s highest honor
August 21, 2019
One hundred outstanding students gathered at the Popular Center in Hato Rey to receive the Rafael Carrión Jr. Academic Excellence Award. The Rafael Carrión, Jr. Academic Excellence Award was instituted 15 years ago to recognize the efforts of outstanding students. Students who have graduated high school are eligible for the award based on the results […]
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Nearly 200 students participate in 3rd edition of Virtual Reality Summer Bootcamp
August 6, 2019
The 2019 Virtual Reality Summer Summer Camp, hosted by the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, ended successfully on Aug. 2, benefitting some 200 students from public and private schools. Middle and high-school students, including home-schooled kids, took part in the program split between 39% females and 61% males in the Ponce and San […]
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JetBlue Foundation enlightens students about aviation careers at LMM Airport
June 17, 2019
The JetBlue Foundation, in collaboration with the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, recently sponsored a visit by ACE Academy students to the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan to introduce them to available aviation careers. Students from different regions of the island visited JetBlue’s Carolina operations from June 10-14. The initiative introduces aviation […]
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Gov’t officials inaugurate student Research and Technology Development Center in Ponce
April 25, 2019
The Department of Economic Development and Commerce and the Municipality of Ponce inaugurated the Research and Technology Development Center in Ponce to promote the development of student research projects in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. “We celebrate that a project that began taking shape last year is now a reality, we’re joining […]
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P.R. Community Foundation gives $95K to 140 college students
July 26, 2018
The Puerto Rico Community Foundation (FCPR, for its initials in Spanish) bestowed $95,000 in recovery donations to 140 students from public and private universities, thanks to a contribution from the Hispanic Federation to establish the Hispanic Federation Puerto Rico Recovery and Hurricane Relief Fund, administered by the FCPR.
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Science Trust opens call for entries for ‘Virtual Reality Summer Camp’
May 8, 2018
For the second consecutive year, the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust will host a free Virtual Reality training camp (VR) aimed at high school students from 7th to 12th grade, the nonprofit announced.
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Deadline looms for Bankers Association’s ‘Financial Awareness Video Contest’
April 3, 2018
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reminded college students between the ages of 17 and 33 years of the upcoming April 6th deadline to participate in the 2018 edition of the “Financial Awareness Video Contest.”
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Sprint provides 700+ devices, wireless service to displaced P.R. high schoolers in Orlando
February 26, 2018
Sprint is helping more than 700 high school students from Puerto Rico who were displaced after Hurricane María and are now enrolled in Orange County Public Schools.
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Puerto Rico students prep to study a semester at Cornell
January 18, 2018
Sixty-two students from the University of Puerto Rico are getting ready to arrive at Cornell University by mid-January, to study at the New York institution for a semester.
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Universidad del Este, San Juan Bay Estuary Program join to educate
December 15, 2017
The San Juan Bay Estuary Program and the José A. Tony Santana International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts from the Universidad del Este (UNE) have joined forces through a collaborative agreement to strengthen the metropolitan area’s natural infrastructure to offer tourists a unique experience.
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DIRECTV delivers educational entertainment to children
November 9, 2017
With the goal of offering children in communities affected by María some fun that also serves to practice school subjects that have been suspended, DIRECTV Puerto Rico developed a special project aimed at this population, called “Escuelas+”
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Sacred Heart U. offers free online courses to PR students
October 30, 2017
Sacred Heart University in Santurce, in partnership with the Faculty Resource Network, New York University (NYU) and the University of Cincinnati, has developed an online program, free of charge, for university students who were affected by Hurricane María.
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Popular to offer free ‘D-Coding’ workshops April 24-26
March 27, 2017
For the third consecutive year, Popular will offer its coding workshop, “D-Coding,” for students in grades nine through 12.
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Famous Dave’s sponsors Santa Isabel college students
October 18, 2016
BBQ restaurant Famous Dave’s recently awarded 10 grants to as many students of the IEN Business School in Santa Isabel, to mark the opening of its fourth location in Puerto Rico.
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