{"id":66065,"date":"2018-12-04T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-goya-foods-offers-20000-culinary-arts-food-science-scholarships-to-students-nationwide\/"},"modified":"2018-12-04T10:48:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:48:21","slug":"goya-foods-ofrece-becas-de-20000-en-artes-culinarias-y-ciencias-de-la-alimentacion-a-estudiantes-de-toda-la-nacion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/goya-foods-ofrece-becas-de-20000-en-artes-culinarias-y-ciencias-de-la-alimentacion-a-estudiantes-de-toda-la-nacion\/","title":{"rendered":"Goya Foods Offers $20,000 Culinary Arts &amp; Food Science Scholarships To Students Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">JERSEY CITY, New Jersey<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 4, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Goya Foods, America&#8217;s largest Hispanic-owned food company, will offer four <span class=\"xn-money\">$20,000<\/span> Culinary Arts and Food Science Scholarships, granted annually, to four students nationwide entering their freshman year of college with an undergraduate degree in culinary arts and\/or a food science. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2665left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2665left\" title=\"Visit www.goya.com for more information about Goya's $20,000 Culinary Arts Scholarship\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Visit www.goya.com for more information about Goya's $20,000 Culinary Arts Scholarship\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/793226\/Goya_Foods_scholarship_program.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Goya&#8217;s Culinary Arts Scholarship is available on a competitive basis to students entering an accredited two-year or four-year institution. Scholarships are in the amount of <span class=\"xn-money\">$5,000<\/span> awarded per academic year starting in Fall 2019 and are renewable for up to three additional years provided the student remains eligible to receive funding, totaling <span class=\"xn-money\">$20,000<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each year, through our Goya Scholarship Fund we provide students from around the country with an annual scholarship of <span class=\"xn-money\">$5,000<\/span> in addition to scholarships we offer to the sons and daughters of our employees,&#8221; says <span class=\"xn-person\">Peter Unanue<\/span>, Executive Vice President of Goya Foods.\u00a0 &#8220;We have always believed in the importance of education and we are proud to offer students and their families financial support that will help cover some of the costs of college expenses.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Applicants of the Goya Culinary Arts Scholarship will be selected based on the standard requirements established by Goya and administered by Scholarship America<b><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/b> including academic achievement, leadership, and financial need, as well as an evaluation of an essay explaining how Goya has enriched their family traditions.\u00a0 Among the criteria for consideration, students (1) Must plan to be enrolled in college full time starting in <b>Fall 2019<\/b> in a degree-seeking program within the U.S. as a <b>Freshman<\/b> at a <b>two<\/b> or <b>four-year <\/b>U.S. accredited institution to obtain their first undergraduate degree; (2) Must be majoring in <b><u>Culinary Arts and\/or Food Sciences;<\/u><\/b> (3) Must have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of <b>3.00<\/b> on a 4.00 scale; (4) Must be willing to complete <b>10 hours per month of community service while receiving funding; <\/b>(5)\u00a0Must be a <b>U.S. Citizen<\/b> or a <b>legal permanent resident<\/b> of <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> with a valid Social Security Number or have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to apply, please log onto <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goya.com\/en\/scholarship\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.goya.com\/en\/scholarship<\/a>.\u00a0 Applications are due no later than <span class=\"xn-chron\">February 15<\/span>, 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><i>About GOYA:<\/i><\/b><i> Founded in 1936, Goya Foods, Inc. is America&#8217;s largest Hispanic-owned food company, and has established itself as the leader in Latin American food and condiments. Goya manufactures, packages, and distributes over 2,500 high-quality food products from <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean Islands<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, Central and <span class=\"xn-location\">South America<\/span>. Goya products have their roots in the culinary traditions of Hispanic communities around the world; the combination of authentic ingredients, robust seasonings, and convenient preparation makes Goya products ideal for every taste and every table. For more information on Goya Foods, please visit <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goya.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>www.goya.com<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>About Scholarship America: <\/i><\/b><i>Scholarship America mobilizes support for students getting into and graduating from college. Since 1958, Scholarship America has distributed <span class=\"xn-money\">$3.1 billion<\/span> in scholarship assistance to 2 million students, funding both entry-level and multi-year scholarships and emergency financial grants. More information is available at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarshipamerica.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.scholarshipamerica.org<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>For more information, contact:<br \/><\/i><i><span class=\"xn-person\">Natalie J. Maniscalco<\/span><br \/><\/i><i>845.659.6506 \/ <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:natalie@retromedianyc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">natalie@retromedianyc.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg771aleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg771aleft\" title=\"Goya Foods.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Goya Foods.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/143145\/goya_foods_logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/793226\/Goya_Foods_scholarship_program.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/793226\/Goya_Foods_scholarship_program.jpg<\/a> <br \/>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/143145\/goya_foods_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/143145\/goya_foods_logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Goya Foods<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">JERSEY CITY, New Jersey<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 4, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Goya Foods, America&#8217;s largest Hispanic-owned food company, will offer four <span class=\"xn-money\">$20,000<\/span> Culinary Arts and Food Science Scholarships, granted annually, to four students nationwide entering their freshman year of college with an undergraduate degree in culinary arts and\/or a food science. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2665left\" dir=\"ltr\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg2665left&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}