SiS Newsletter - January 2010 - Bill for fy 2010 will favour
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Bill for fy 2010 will favour Hispanic-Serving Institutions
President Obama signed on December 16 the omnibus spending bill sent to him by the United States Congress for FY 2010 appropriations.
Federal programs for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) are undergoing a historic increase in their budgets. Undergraduate institutions will increase their budget in 25.9%, reaching the $117,429,000 (from $ 93 million in FY 2009). On the other hand, graduate institutions funding will be $10.5 million. The Omnibus Spending Bill also includes $6,520,000 designated to the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program (HSIAC).
This is good news both for beneficiary institutions as for students who want to learn Spanish, since they will have more opportunities and options to learn the way that better suits them. It opens doors to the teaching of Spanish in a country where much of the population has Hispanic origins.
Amigos del español
Sofia Vergara
Who was Griselda Blanco? For many years, this woman was only the ‘Black Widow’ or the ‘Cocaine Godmother’ two of the nicknames that the few people who knew her were using to identify her.
Sofía Coppola
A teenager and a rock star fall in love and get married in Director Sofia Coppola’s biographical drama, ‘Priscilla’. Literature has even found its way into her on-screen work.
Xolo Maridueña
The new DC action movie, 'Blue Beetle', is the first to feature a Latino superhero as the protagonist. The film tells the story of Jaime Reyes, a recent university graduate, who returns home to Ciudad Palmera when he comes into contact with a Beetle
