It's been close to a year since the Georgetown Comunidad Scholarship Association got off the ground. In that time, with your unwavering support and encouragement, we surpassed our initial modest goal of awarding one scholarship to a deserving Georgetown undergraduate and instead awarded four scholarships in the 2009-2010 school year. Mayra Jaimes, Rachel Hochstetler, Carlos Mercado, and Jennifer Osei, received GCSA scholarships this past academic year. We are excited to encourage and support a new generation of Hoyas in their pursuit of higher education.
But the GCSA is more than just an organization that gives out scholarship money. From its inception, we wanted the GCSA to support students by making them aware of a wonderful community of successful alumni who are supportive of their goals for higher education. We want students to know that there is a whole comunidad of alumni cheering them on. To that end, we want to bring together undergraduates, admitted students and their parents, alumni and even faculty and staff—all of whom make up the comunidad—for an event in Los Angeles that we are calling Reunión y Despedida. For alumni, this will be an opportunity to see old friends and meet the undergraduates. For the undergraduates, this will be an opportunity to mingle with alumni who may share an academic or professional interest, and perhaps can offer some words of advice and encouragement. This will also be an opportunity to bid farewell to the admitted students who are about to embark on their first year at Georgetown. So please save the date of August 14, 2010 and join us for Reunión y Despedida in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
