Photo shows Marie Antonette Ramos during a ceremony on May 2012 (second to left, with Dean Ned Shultz, Mrs. Hana Trinidad, widow of Corky Trinidad, Dr. Belinda Aquino, former CPS Director, UH Foundation CEO Donna Vucinich, Chancellor Virginia Shaw, and CPS Director Vina Lanzona)

Antonette is the first student to be granted the Corky Trinidad scholarship. She is an undergraduate student majoring in Ethnic Studies, and is leaving for Washington, D.C. for an internship at the Smithsonian Museum. While there, she intends to conduct research on the BIMAK community as a site for identity construction, or multiple identities as "Filipinos" and "Filipino-Americans."

Now, here's the list:

Corky Trinidad Scholarship Award
• Marie Antonette A. Ramos, Ethnic Studies

Alfonso Yuchengco Award
• Froilan Fabro, Music
• Michael Garner, Asian Studies
• Mathew Nelson, Language Studies
• Cecilia Noble, Sociology
• Jan Vincent Toledo, Asian Studies

  Ligaya Fruto Award

• Stephen Acabado, Anthropology
• Elena Clariza, Asian Studies
• Bernard Ellorin, Music
• Charissa Fabia, Religion
• Miguel Llora, American Studies

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