Pacific Students Earn Scholarships from Jose Hernandez’s Reaching for the Stars Foundation
Four University of the Pacific engineering students received scholarships on Thursday, Jan. 13 from a nonprofit organization founded by NASA Astronaut and 1985 Pacific Graduate Jose Hernandez. The Reaching for the Stars Foundation awarded a $500 scholarship to each student.
The scholarship recipients are Linh Nguyen ‘11, a senior and civil engineer major, Kieth Luong ‘11, a senior and engineering management major, Eduardo Nick Ramos ‘12, a junior and civil engineering major, and Kristina McKay Hammarstrom‘12, an engineering management major.
The scholarships, which can range from $500 to $1,000, are aimed at students at four-year colleges and universities who are working toward a degree in science, technology, engineering or math.