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	THE COCA-COLA COMPANY REFUERZA SU COMPROMISO PAR.... ATLANTA – The Coca-Cola Company está reforzando sus esfuerzos para trabajar junto con comunidades, empresas y líderes de gobierno para encontrar soluciones significativas al complejo reto de la obesidad. Un anuncio de dos minutos, titulado “Coming Together” (Todos Juntos), debutó en enero en Ingles por cadenas nacionales de noticias de cable. La versión en español de el anuncio será transmitido por primera vez en Univision a partir de este fin de semana. El anuncio alienta a las personas ....

	THE HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND INDUCTS SIX INTO A.... The nation’s largest Hispanic college scholarship awarding organization is holding its annual Hall of Fame gala to raise scholarship funds to help more deserving students attend college. NEW YORK, NY (September 26, 2012) — Six influential Latinos will be inducted to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s (HSF) Alumni Hall of Fame, joining an impressive cadre of prior inductees representing the more than 55,000 students HSF has awarded since inception in 1975. The HSF Alumni Hall of Fame recogni....

ANNUAL RMHC®/HACER® SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CELEBRAT.... Over $6 million awarded in scholarships to more than 1,000 Hispanic High School students since 1987 NEW YORK,- The Ronald McDonald House Charities® Hispanic American Commitment to Educational Resources® (RMHC®/HACER®), the annual scholarship program dedicated to assist and support Hispanic high-school seniors obtain a college degree, honored this year’s twenty-two scholarship recipients at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. The 25th edition of the annual scholarship program awarded....

CHLI Invites Hispanic University Students to App.... Tuck Business Bridge Program at Dartmouth College WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) invites qualified Hispanic university students and recent graduates of arts and social sciences colleges, to apply for the Tuck Business Bridge Program in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Tuck Business Bridge Program is designed for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics majors and is open to sophomores, juniors, seniors, and recent undergraduate graduates. Student....

Eight alleged Penn State victims say abused on c.... HARRISBURG - Eight of the 10 men who prosecutors contend were sexually abused by former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky were abused on the college campus, and one was just 8 years old at the time, according to court documents released. The documents showed six may also have been abused at the home of Sandusky, 68, who faces 52 counts of abuse stemming from accusations he molested the 10 boys between 1994 and 2008. Sandusky's November indictment rocked the U.S. college sports wo....

The 5 Dumbest Things You Can Do If You Have Too .... Last Updated: 1/10/2012 10:55 PST The 5 Dumbest Things You Can Do If You Have Too Much Debt The 5 Dumbest Things You Can Do If You Have Too Much Debt If you’re struggling with too much debt you’re not alone. It seems as if the whole nation has a borrowing hangover. For years, credit was easy and many people became overextended. But, we now live in an era of austerity and it’s time to get our affairs in order. The five strategies you may want to avoid: The first advice of expert....

HSF Names 12 College Students as Obama Scholars .... NEW YORK CITY— Hispanic Scholarship Fund (www.hsf.net), the nation’s leading Hispanic higher education fund, announced the second class of Obama Scholars. When President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he donated $125,000 of his prize amount to HSF; other non-profits also received a similar contribution. HSF, in keeping with the President’s call for more diversity in the teaching ranks of high school science, technology, engineering and math classes, decided to invest the mo....

$3 Million Breakfast in the Classroom Initiative.... Four leading hunger, nutrition and education nonprofit organizations are serving up Breakfast in the Classroom, a new project funded by the Walmart Foundation. Through the $3 million initiative, the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation, National Education Association Health Information Network, and School Nutrition Foundation – collectively known as Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom – aim to increase breakfast consumptio....

President Obama, Department of Education Announc.... WASHINGTON – The White House and the Department of Education announced today the six high schools selected as finalists for the first annual Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge. The Commencement Challenge, launched in late February, invited the nation’s public high schools to submit applications showing their dedication to providing students with an excellent education that will prepare them to graduate ready for college and career choices. Applications were judged based on the ....