The document discusses several education-related topics: 1) It recognizes several students from the Coastal Bend area as recipients of scholarships from Teachers Credit Union and Coastal Community Credit Union to pursue degrees at various Texas universities. 2) It discusses two $1,000 scholarships given by the Texas Public Employees Association to graduating high school seniors whose family members belong to the association. 3) It provides details on Christ the King School's policy for providing free and reduced-price meals to low-income students. 4) It recognizes three Corpus Christi students for making the honor roll at the University of Dallas and one student for being honored at Mary Hardin-Baylor University. 5)

1. Teachers Credit
Union scholarships
Coastal Community and
Teachers Credit Union 2015
scholarship recipients
Recipients are:
Justin Cisneros from Moody
High School
Texas A&M University-
Kingsville, mechanical engi-
neering
Jordyn Deases from Calallen
High School
Texas State University, psy-
chology
Gilbert De Leon from Gregory-
Portland High School
Texas State University, exer-
cise science
Aurora Gomez from School of
Science and Technology
Del Mar College, nursing
Denise Hernandez from Colle-
giate High School
University of Texas — Rio
Grande Valley, psychology
GabrielaNevarez fromPremont
High School
Texas A&M University-
Kingsville, business manage-
ment
Undergraduates
Myrna Simms from Del Mar
College, foreign language
Crystal Vazquez from Del Mar
College, education
Public employees
award scholarships
The Texas Public Employ-
ees Association, a nonunion,
nonpartisan membership asso-
ciation for state employees and
retirees, announced its 2015
scholarship recipients July 18 at
an awards luncheon.
Association scholarship pro-
gramsassiststateemployeesand
their dependents in furthering
their education.
Two Carla Miller Memorial
Scholarships of $1,000 each
were awarded. This schol-
arship is named for the late
Carla Miller, a retired Texas
Department of Transporta-
tion employee and the wife of
association board member Ted
Miller, also a retired TxDOT
employee. Graduating high
school seniors whose parents,
grandparents or guardians are
association members were eli-
gible for the Carla Miller schol-
arships.
Jacob Sanchez received the
Carla Miller Memorial Scholar-
ship. He is a graduate of Harold
T. Branch Academy for Career
and Technical Education. San-
chez is the valedictorian of the
Branch Academy’s first gradu-
ating class. A dual-credit stu-
dent, Sanchez will continue his
studies in computer science at
Del Mar College. During high
school, Sanchez completed a
seven-month IT internship and
helped found the Branch Acad-
emy student council and Na-
tional Technical Honor Society
chapter. He is the son of Texas
Department of Motor Vehicles
employee Elizabeth Rodriguez.
ChristtheKingpreps
forlower-costmeals
Christ the King School an-
nounced its policy for providing
free and reduced-price meals for
children served under the in-
come eligibility guidelines.
Each school/site and the
central office has a copy of the
policy, which may be reviewed
on request.
Starting on Aug. 1, Christ the
King School will begin distrib-
uting letters to the households
of the children in the district
or service area about eligibility
benefits and actions households
need to take to apply for benefits.
Applications also are available
at Christ the King School, 1625
Arlington Drive.
Any household that does not
receivealetterandfeelsitshould
have should contact Samantha
Perez,foodservicemanager,361-
883-5391 or sperez.ctks@gmail.
com.
Applications may be submit-
ted anytime during the school
year. The information house-
holds provide on the applica-
tion will be used to determine
eligibility. Applications may also
be verified by the school officials
during the school year.
Compiled by Natalia Contreras
Trio on honor roll at
University of Dallas
Nearly 300 University of Dal-
las students were named to the
honor roll for earning a semes-
ter grade-point average of 3.0-
3.49, including the following of
Corpus Christi: Carlos DeLaRosa,
philosophy and letters; Brian Mc-
Cutchon, computer science and
Christian Villegas, biology.
The University of Dallas is a
Catholic university recognized
for academic excellence by well-
known publications, organiza-
tions and accrediting bodies. It
offers undergraduate, graduate
and doctoral programs in the lib-
eral arts, business and ministry
that are characterized by an en-
gaged faculty, a commitment to
shaping principled, well-skilled
leaders and academic rigor in the
Catholic intellectual tradition.
Villarrealhonoredat
Mary Hardin-Baylor
TheUniversityofMaryHardin-
Baylor announced 411 students
havebeenlistedonthespring2015
provost’shonorroll.Toreceivethis
recognitionastudentmustachieve
a3.85grade-pointaverageorbetter
on a 4.0 scale.
Daniel Jose Villarreal of Corpus
Christi made the honor roll.
A&M-CC ranks high
forHispanicstudents
Texas A&M University-Cor-
pus Christi has been ranked
among the Top 100 Colleges for
Hispanics by The Hispanic Out-
look in Higher Education.
The University ranked 16th in
the state and 56th in the nation in
granting undergraduate degrees
to Hispanics. These rankings are
based on total bachelor’s degrees
awarded in 2013.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
also ranked 20th in the state and
89th in the nation in graduate
student enrollment for Hispan-
ics. The Island University is rec-
ognized as a Hispanic Serving
Institution by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education. Each year,
The Hispanic Outlook in Higher
Education Magazine publishes
its list of the top 100 schools for
Hispanic students.
Schools on the list represent
the higher education institutions
with the most Hispanics enrolled
and the places where the most
Hispanics receive undergradu-
ate and graduate degrees. The
list was compiled with informa-
tion provided by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education’s National
Center for Education Statistics/
IntegratedPostsecondaryEduca-
tion Data System.
Compiled by Natalia Contreras
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Coastal Community
and Teachers Credit
Union 2015 scholar-
ship recipients
The Pan American
Golf Association of Cor-
pus Christi completed its
43rd Annual Junior Golf
Clinics and Tournament
on June 27.
The clinics are held
every Saturday in June at
the Lozano Golf Center
withthefinalSaturdayre-
served for a tournament
playedontheLozanoEx-
ecutive Golf Course.
The program is open
to children from ages
six through 18. Younger
children are allowed to
participate and familiar-
ize themselves with the
tournament but do not
compete for trophies.
The program includes
a free raffle consisting
of golf, educational and
health prizes, trophies
for 12 competing catego-
riesandcommemorative
medallionsforeverypar-
ticipant.
Theprogramalsosup-
plies golf clubs, golf balls
and golf tees as needed.
Founded in 1972, the
tournament’s popularity
grew, and in the mid 80s
joinedwiththeCityParks
and Recreation Depart-
ment.
Staff reports
PanAmericanGolfAssociation
holdsjuniorgolfclinicsandtourney
Included in photo: Roy Moya, Lee Remmers, Joshua Moya, Joel Garcia, Colby Lamprecht, Joseph Medrano, Mika Rendon and Marcus Serate.
Participants assemble
COLLEGENOTES
SCHOOLNOTES
Ages 8-9 tournament participants included in photo: Isabella Grant, Alliyan Olivarez, Maddie
Trevino, Alina Martinez, Marisa Morales, Averie Morales, Alaina Sanchez, Vince Tran, Kevin
Tran, Julian Gomez, Justin Garcia, Joaquinn Lopez and Aramis Salgado Jr.
Included in photo: Mykala Serate, Emily Grant, Hailey Villarreal, Nico Trujillo, Dat Tran, Mike Tran, Mathew
Caceres and Gabriel Garcia
See more
photos
and a list
of winners.