Alumni Step Up As First Generation Scholarship Fund Honors

Alumni Step Up As First Generation Scholarship Fund Honors

“We’ve been fortunate in life. I think if you get to be smart enough and wise enough, you’ll learn that a lot of people contributed to where you are today, and it’s your turn to step up and do likewise.”

Those words expressed the sentiments of Herman Cajigas (BBA ’84) as he and his wife Teresita “Tere” Venta Cajigas (BBA ’83) presented Florida International University with a donation for FIU’s First Generation Scholarship Fund.

Donations made to this program, which financially supports students whose parents or legal guardians have not earned a baccalaureate degree, are matched 100 percent by the State of Florida. Since the program’s inception in 2006, more than 10,000 First Generation Scholarships have been allocated to FIU students, totaling more than $7.9 million.

The Cajigases, both graduates of FIU’s College of Business, are owners of On-Q Business Consultants Inc. and On-Q Software Inc., both Miami-based businesses.

Herman noted that with a degree, “students can empower not only themselves but also their whole family and community.”

FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg was also a first generation college student and recently donated $1 million to FIU’s First Generation Scholarship Program.

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