/news-archive/tag/wesley-richard/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:08:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2017/10/11/latino-student-scholarship/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:08:22 +0000 /news/?p=68135 ... Professor Emeritus starts scholarship for Latino students in honor of deceased son]]> Professor Emeritus of Sociology Terry Richard-Trevi帽o and his twin brother, Jerry Richard, have donated $11,000 to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to start a scholarship that will support Latino students at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. The Wesley, Jerry, and Terry Scholarship Award is named in honor of the twin brothers and Terry Richard-Trevi帽o鈥檚 son, Wesley, a 34-year-old veteran who passed away April 9 due to trauma suffered while serving in Iraq. Richard served as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps and served two terms of combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 鈥淗e was my son, and he was my hero,鈥� Terry Richard-Trevi帽o said. Richard also attended 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, where he was honored on the Chancellor鈥檚 List during his first year of college and was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He graduated from the DeVry Institute with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in computer science. Terry Richard-Trevi帽o, a longtime advocate for the Hispanic and Latino communities, was recently honored by Just Communities of Arkansas as one of five Humanitarian of the Year Award recipients. To donate to the scholarship, contact Christian O鈥橬eal at cxoneal@ualr.edu or 501.569.3142. Wesley Richard is pictured in the upper right photo.聽]]>