{"id":653,"date":"2015-10-14T16:02:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T20:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2015\/10\/14\/four-tsc-architecture-students-awarded-lrgv-aia-scholarships\/"},"modified":"2020-05-19T12:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:41:23","slug":"four-tsc-architecture-students-awarded-lrgv-aia-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2015\/10\/14\/four-tsc-architecture-students-awarded-lrgv-aia-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Four TSC architecture students awarded LRGV-AIA scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TSC architecture students have benefited exclusively from LRGV-AIA&#8217;s annual scholarship since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very glad that this is happening here in the Rio Grande Valley to help our students further their education, and our students are taking advantage of it,&#8221; said Dr. Murad Abusalim, TSC architecture instructor. &#8220;We&#8217;re looking forward to having this continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Diana Melissa Andrade and Juan Moya were awarded $1,000 each, and Pedro Gonz\u00e1lez and Mart\u00edn Jaramillo each received $750.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a great opportunity to pay for my classes and motivation for me to continue furthering my education,&#8221; said Moya, who will graduate in spring 2016 with an Associate of Science in Architecture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great support financially and it&#8217;s a great incentive,&#8221; added Andrade. &#8220;It motivates me to keep going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moya loves to draw and was motivated by the passion for his hobby to become an architect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like to draw a lot, so I wanted to see those sketches come to life,&#8221; explained Moya. &#8220;That&#8217;s my main motivation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Andrade also likes to draw, houses in particular, and decided to pursue architecture as a career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always liked drawing houses and as I learned more, I realized that architecture is way more than just that,&#8221; said Andrade, who will graduate in December with an Associate of Science in Architecture. &#8220;I really want to continue my education in landscape architecture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Texas Southmost College<\/strong><br \/>Originally established in 1926, Texas Southmost College currently offers the first two years toward a bachelor&#8217;s degree, along with career and technical education leading to certificates and associate degrees, college preparatory studies to prepare students for college-level work, workforce training, and continuing education. Recently selected as a Bright Spot by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, TSC offers 53 programs of study leading to an associate degree or certificate. 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