October 9, 2024

HACU and Southwest Airlines announce student recipients of ¡Lánzate!/Take Off! Travel Award Program

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and Southwest Airlines have announced 185 college students will receive round-trip air travel through Southwest Airlines, as part of the SWA ¡Lánzate!/Take Off! Higher Education Program. The program helps college students stay connected with their family during the school year.

“Our 20-year partnership with Southwest Airlines has provided these crucial awards to keep students connected with their families far from where they study, and ensuring these young people receive the necessary emotional and psychological support that families can provide,” said HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores. “We are truly grateful to SWA for supporting them in a way that has a very real and substantial effect on their future success.”

The recipients were selected from students across the nation who submitted essays that described how the travel award would help them achieve their goal to pursue a higher education.

The ¡Lánzate!/Take Off! Higher Education Travel Program will provide four round trip tickets to each of the 2024 recipients.

For a complete list of all student recipients, click here.