{"id":7582,"date":"2011-02-02T23:21:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T04:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=7582"},"modified":"2016-05-09T23:22:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T03:22:31","slug":"three-mdc-students-awarded-2500-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/three-mdc-students-awarded-2500-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Three MDC Students Awarded $2,500 Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Francisco Foundation Scholarship recipients were announced on Jan. 11 at a ceremony at Wolfson Campus. Each student will receive a $2,500 scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation as well as the scholarship are named after Rogelio Gonzalez Corzo, a Cuban revolutionist who was executed by Fidel Castrol\u2019s government in 1961. In honor of his love for education and innovative thinking, the foundation awards students who they believe exemplify his spirit and goals.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, the Francisco Foundation awards students from Miami Dade College with a scholarship on the basis of academic leadership, contributions to the community and cultural pride.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for the scholarship, students must submit a copy of their most recent transcripts, an updated resume, two letters of recommendation and a 1,100 word essay explaining what freedom and democracy means to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I came here, I learned a lot of things,\u201d said Rodriguez, who arrived in the United States in 2008. \u201cIn Cuba we were never taught what a free media was or even whether or not what we were being taught was true&#8230;what I want is to spread knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Francisco Foundation Scholarship recipients were announced on Jan. 11 at a ceremony at Wolfson Campus. 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