the Jordao and Francisca De Abreu Endowed Scholarship

The Jordão and Francisca De Abreu Endowed Scholarship was established in 2011, and revised in 2018 by José Alexis De Abreu-García and Carmen (Carmela) Ramona Ametrano-De Abreu, to honor Alex’s parents, Jordão De Abreu Zacarías and Francisca Antonia García-De Abreu.

Alex and Carmela appreciate that their parents instilled in them a love and appreciation for family, education, cultural diversity, and charity. To honor his parents for their exceptional encouragement, Alex envisions that The Jordão and Francisca De Abreu Endowed Scholarship will give confidence to young men and women who are also seeking engineering and science careers. It is then hoped, that the recipients of this scholarship, by their own life’s examples and successes, will take every opportunity to also promote a future in engineering or science to others.

The Jordão and Francisca De Abreu Endowed Scholarship is to be awarded to an electrical engineering undergraduate student with first preference given to Hispanic students, if possible. The recipient must also demonstrate an exceptional work ethic, and outstanding leadership in both the classroom and community. Financial need is to be considered and the recipient must have a 3.0 grade point average or better. Recipient(s) will be selected by the Electrical and Computer Engineering scholarship committee.

The full scholarship description can be found on the Office of Development’s Scholarship site by typing a keyword from the name of the scholarship into the search box.