African-American Students Receive Prestigious Texas Exes Award for Scholarship and Leadership
- By Staff Writer
- Published 07/14/2009
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HOUSTON– Houston students, Alton Carr and Hellen Awino, have been selected to receive the prestigious Texas Exes Award for Scholarship and Leadership. Carr attended Wheatley High School where he was involved in Business Professionals of America and Academic World Quest. He also served as class president and was a National Honor Society officer this past year.
Carr graduated valedictorian of his class. He will enter The University of Texas at Austin in August and plans to study business. Awino attended George Washington Carver High School where she was involved in Texas Association for Future Educators, and Technology Students Association.
Awino also served as an officer in both the Student Council and National Honor Society this past year. She will enter The University of Texas at Austin in August and plans to study architecture. The Texas Exes Awards for Scholarship and Leadership was established in 1982 to help The University of Texas at Austin to be more competitive in attracting top high school graduates.
Funded through ten named endowments, awards of up to $10,000 per year for four years are given annually to high school seniors in the top 5 percent of their classes academically who also demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities. This special group participates in many activities and social gatherings hosted by the Texas Exes such as annual spring trips, holiday parties, end of semester lunches, and opportunities to meet with their scholarship donors. Carr and Awino, along with six other students, will be presented with the scholarship at a dinner to be held in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on the University of Texas at Austin campus in September.
Last year the Texas Exes awarded $1.66 million in scholarships to 675 students. The Texas Exes, the alumni association for The University of Texas, was founded in 1885. The mission of the Texas Exes is to unite, inform, and involve alumni and friends for the purpose of promoting, protecting, and preserving The University of Texas.
The university is a major research university home to more than 50,000 students, 2,900 faculty and 21,000 staff members. Today there are nearly 85,000 members whom the association strives to connect to each other and to the past, present, and future of the university through career counseling, travel, reunions, continuing education, fellowship, legislative advocacy in support of higher education, and The Alcalde magazine.
Hellen Awino
Alton Carr
Carr graduated valedictorian of his class. He will enter The University of Texas at Austin in August and plans to study business. Awino attended George Washington Carver High School where she was involved in Texas Association for Future Educators, and Technology Students Association.
Awino also served as an officer in both the Student Council and National Honor Society this past year. She will enter The University of Texas at Austin in August and plans to study architecture. The Texas Exes Awards for Scholarship and Leadership was established in 1982 to help The University of Texas at Austin to be more competitive in attracting top high school graduates.
Funded through ten named endowments, awards of up to $10,000 per year for four years are given annually to high school seniors in the top 5 percent of their classes academically who also demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities. This special group participates in many activities and social gatherings hosted by the Texas Exes such as annual spring trips, holiday parties, end of semester lunches, and opportunities to meet with their scholarship donors. Carr and Awino, along with six other students, will be presented with the scholarship at a dinner to be held in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on the University of Texas at Austin campus in September.
Last year the Texas Exes awarded $1.66 million in scholarships to 675 students. The Texas Exes, the alumni association for The University of Texas, was founded in 1885. The mission of the Texas Exes is to unite, inform, and involve alumni and friends for the purpose of promoting, protecting, and preserving The University of Texas.
The university is a major research university home to more than 50,000 students, 2,900 faculty and 21,000 staff members. Today there are nearly 85,000 members whom the association strives to connect to each other and to the past, present, and future of the university through career counseling, travel, reunions, continuing education, fellowship, legislative advocacy in support of higher education, and The Alcalde magazine.
Hellen Awino
Alton Carr