Mexican Consulate Grants $28,000 to COM for Student Scholars. By Steve Lestarjette

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JANUARY 23, 2018

(Texas City)— The Consul General of Mexico in Houston paid a call on the College of the Mainland Board
of Trustees recently, presenting the college a check of $28,810 for scholarships benefitting COM students
who are Mexican nationals or of Mexican origin through the IME-Becas program.
“Thanks to the partnership with the College of the Mainland Foundation, this generous donation
provides significant support towards funding tuition, fees and books for students beginning in the current
spring semester, as well as testing fees for students in the COM adult education program,” said COM
Foundation’s executive director, Mary Ann Amela

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International Partnership for Education
Representatives of College the Mainland, the Mexican Consulate in Houston, and student scholarship
recipients acknowledge receipt of a $28,000 grant from the Consulate. From left right: Trustee Alan
Waters, Trustee Melissa Skipworth, Trustee Don Gartman, Consul General of Mexico in Houston Oscar
Rodriguez Cabrera, COM President Dr. Warren Nichols, student Bellanira Arteaga, student Kimberly Vega,
COM board chair Kyle Dickson, COM Foundation Executive Director Mary Ann Amelang, Trustee Bennie
Matthews, and Trustee Rosalie Kett