Congratulations to two more BECA graduates

   We are pleased to announce that two more BECA students have successfully passed the final oral comprehensive exam required for graduation from the UTEPSA university in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.  They are Cirila Sandoval Escalante with a degree in Financial Auditing and Lidia Figueroa Sejas with a degree also in Financial Auditing. 
   Congratulations to them both for completing all of the hard work and sacrifice required to achieve their university degrees, called a Licenciatura, roughly equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree in the U.S.  It is a 6-year process in the Bolivian university system.  We also congratulate their families whose support was equally important to their success.
   Their graduation brings to 7 the number of BECA students graduated from the university since 2007.  Another student, Gimena Loyaza, is scheduled to take the final oral exam in June. 

 BECA Founder Dr, Harold Koch with Lincenciada Lidia Figueroa, right, at a reception for BECA students and their families in November 2013. At left is Alejandra Jablonski, a BECA student in her third year of studies at the UTEPSA University. 

.Licenciada Cirila Sandoval with Lic. Eduardo Montalvo, Director of Student Services, UTEPSA University, Nov. 2012, at reception for BECA students and their families.

Ascend Alliance Supports BECA

     BECA is happy to report that Ascend Alliance, a sister humanitarian organization, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, has made a very generous donation to BECA for 2013..  The donation indicates a high level of confidence in, and support for, BECA's mission.  The BECA board and scholarship students are deeply grateful for their support.
    In 2013 BECA and Ascend Alliance will be evaluating the potential for establishing a closer long-term association between the two organizations.

BECA gives scholarships to six new students

    All of these students come from backgrounds which would not have allowed them the resources to attend college without the benefit of the BECA scholarship.
       After interviewing over 15 potential candidates, BECA has given six new scholarships to attend the UTEPSA university in Santa Cruz, Bolivia to the following students:

     Jerelly Rivero Bustillos - General Administration.
     Mery Terceros Trujillo -  Law.
     Juan René Flores -  Systems Engineering
     Maria Nieves Mustacedo -  Law
     Cristián Maximiliano Calzadilla -  Telecommunications Network Engineering
     Laida G. Lopez Mansilla -  Industrial and Commercial Engineering

    The students were chosen on the basis of their scholastic record from high school (the average GPA for these six recipients was and A-); the support of their families (who were interviewed along with the student); recommendations by their high school; and the personal impressions they made during the interview; among other criteria.