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7789-Dándole Alas a Tu Éxito/Giving Flight to Your SuccessT ¡Lánzate! Travel Award Program.
Posted for Student Affairs by Rebecca Gadson on Apr, 27 2012
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College students now have until May 11 to submit their online application for the Dándole Alas a Tu Éxito/Giving Flight to Your SuccessT ¡Lánzate! Travel Award Program. The program provides students who travel away from home the opportunity to apply for a travel award. The winners will receive up to four roundtrip tickets to fly Southwest Airlines to and from their college destination in order to stay connected with their families. Awards can also be utilized by graduate students to accomplish their academic goals for travel to conferences and for research related to their degree. To participate, applicants must meet eligibility criteria and submit an essay explaining why they deserve the travel award and what inspires them to pursue a college degree. Online entries can be found here.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Student must be enrolled in a college or university away from their designated home.
  • Student must be in good academic standing with a minimum 2.5 GPA and show financial need.
  • HACU will verify academic standing and financial need with the respective universities after the selection committee makes their final recommendations, prior to final selection and distribution of the travel award to the student.
  • Applicants must be 18 years old or older and a legal U.S. resident.     
  • All federal government regulations related to air travel and Transportation Security Administration rules must be adhered to, including but not limited to producing a valid government issued photo ID for air travel.
  • One application per student must be submitted by the specified deadline  Needed travel must be to/from Southwest Airlines destinations.    
  • Student should specify extent of financial need or constraints. Click here for full program details.

Southwest Airlines in conjunction with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), have offered the Dándole Alas a Tu Éxito/Giving Flight to Your SuccessT ¡Lánzate! Travel Award Program for undergraduate and graduate students for eight years.