{"id":561,"date":"2021-08-10T09:55:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/bolivar\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:57:32","slug":"first-year-scholarship-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/events-news\/press-releases\/first-year-scholarship-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of First-Year Scholarship Release (Spring 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For immediate release &#8211; June 16th, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contacts:<\/span> <b>The Bol\u00edvar Network<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"mailto:TheBolivarNetwork@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TheBolivarNetwork@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The Bol\u00edvar Network Inaugurates First-Year Scholarship with Pledge and Work from UVA Latinx Alumni, Distributes Award of $1,000 this Spring to Incoming Student Kiara Barrientos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bol\u00edvar Network\u2019s First-Year Scholarship provides funds for an exceptional Hispanic\/Latinx high school student from the Commonwealth of Virginia to incentivize them to attend the University of Virginia. Founded on the core principles of leadership and service to the Hispanic and Latinx community, this Scholarship recognizes the extraordinary talent of students in our community and their ability to create a lasting impact on the University, the surrounding Charlottesville community, and future post-graduate plans. Currently a one-time scholarship awarded to an incoming student entering their first-year, the scholarship committee plans to grow both the number of scholarships and amount awarded each year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The First-Year Scholarship was originally created in 2009 under the leadership of Hernando Herrera (\u201989) and Jenny Willier Murphy (\u201989) during their time on The Bol\u00edvar Network\u2019s Board and with a generous donation from Alexandra Arriaga (\u201987). Coinciding with Hernando and Jenny\u2019s 20th Reunion, they both made separate five-year pledges and launched the Network\u2019s first Capital Campaign for 2010-2015 which fundraised $22,000 out of the $100,000 goal. After fundraising and activities for The Bol\u00edvar Network went dormant for a\u00a0 few years, the recent revival of the Network and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/2020\/11\/the-2020-bolivar-network-awards-brunch\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2020 Bol\u00edvar Network Virtual Annual Awards Brunch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which saw the release of three Undergraduate Book Scholarships, the inauguration of the Valerie Gregory Impact Award, and the awarding of the Pablo J. Davis&#8217; Award to Wayne Cozart, revived the passion and initiative to re-launch the First-Year Scholarship. In that relaunch, fundraising for the First-Year Scholarship commenced again and $8,000 has been recently donated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through a collaboration with Hernando, Jenny, the Network\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/about\/leadership\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">current leadership<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">; specifically the Fundraising &amp; Development Vice-Chairs Gina Flores (\u201900) and Brian Zuluaga (\u201920),\u00a0 as well as the Scholarship &amp; Awards Vice-Chair Hannah \u201cMel\u201d Borja (\u201919), and the team at Alumni Association and Admissions, the release of the inaugural First-Year Scholarship award was made possible. <\/span><b>We are pleased to announce that the 2021 First-Year Scholarship Inaugural Recipient is Kiara Barrientos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. A student from Leesburg, VA, Kiara plans to study Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences. She will start at the University in the Fall of 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With $30,000 already raised for the First-Year Scholarship, we are eager to achieve our original goal of $100,000. We appreciate any support, small or large, to make this goal a reality. <\/span><b>If you would like to contribute to the First-Year Scholarship or to other initiatives and awards from The Bol\u00edvar Network please donate <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/campaigns\/20054\/donations\/new\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For immediate release &#8211; June 16th, 2021 Contacts: The Bol\u00edvar Network &#8211; TheBolivarNetwork@gmail.com The Bol\u00edvar Network Inaugurates First-Year Scholarship with Pledge and Work from UVA Latinx Alumni, Distributes Award of $1,000 this Spring to Incoming Student Kiara Barrientos The Bol\u00edvar Network\u2019s First-Year Scholarship provides funds for an exceptional Hispanic\/Latinx high school student from the Commonwealth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"parent":559,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-561","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inauguration of First-Year Scholarship Release (Spring 2021) - The Bol\u00edvar Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/events-news\/press-releases\/first-year-scholarship-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/first-year-scholarship-2021\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/first-year-scholarship-2021\\\/\",\"name\":\"Inauguration of First-Year Scholarship Release (Spring 2021) - The Bol\u00edvar Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-10T13:55:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-25T15:57:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/first-year-scholarship-2021\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/first-year-scholarship-2021\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/first-year-scholarship-2021\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events &amp; 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