Join CUNY’s The Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute on Tuesday, Nov. 27. at 2:30pm at CSI St. George, 120 Stuyvesant Place, SI NY 10301, Rm. 102, for an information session on an outstanding program called the CUNY BECAS Scholarship.

The Mexican Studies Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to highly motivated students. The scholarship program is intended to help current and future community leaders to advance their educational goals. Recipients will work closely with the Institute staff and community-based organizations to advance the Mexican and/or immigrant community. Criteria for selection are academic excellence, financial need, and commitment to service in the immigrant and/or Mexican community in New York, without consideration of immigration status.

The application deadline is Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

Representatives from The Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute will be delivering the presentation to explain the benefits of the program, as well as to answer students’ questions regarding the application process. For further information, please contact the program staff at mexican.studies@lehman.cuny.edu or 718.982.2748.