The award in April of 12 new scholarships, and the renewal of another 13, marked the Roberto Rocca Education Program’s third year in Colombia. The new scholarship winners were recognized at a series of ceremonies attended by university officials and representatives from TenarisTuboCaribe, the Program’s sponsor in Colombia, at the participating universities: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad del Norte, Universidad EAFIT and Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar.

At the event held at the Universidad del Norte, Jesus Ferro Bayona, President of the University, thanked the TeanrisTuboCaribe representatives and congratulated the four scholarship winners: "Thank you for your visit. I am very excited to know that you are contributing, together with other entities that have joined the Universidad del Norte, to help many young people follow the path toward a better future, which is education, and I congratulate these four students for this great achievement. "

Enrique Daza, one of the scholarship recipients, said: "For me it has been a great honor, as for my fellow students. Winning this scholarship award is the result of the great effort we have made in attempting to become good students in search of excellence."