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Scholarships Totaling $386,500 Awarded to 267 Hospitality Students
Via AH&LEF’s Core Scholarship Programs
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News for the Hospitality Executive |
 Washington,
September 6, 2012
— The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF),
the
not-for-profit affiliate of the American Hotel & Lodging
Association
(AH&LA), awarded 267 scholarships, totaling $386,500, through three
of its
core programs – the Annual Scholarship Grant, Incoming Freshman
Scholarship,
and Graduate Scholarship programs.The Annual Scholarship Grant Program, the Foundation’s biggest program, is co-administered with 85 universities and colleges. In 2012, 247 students, nominated by AH&LEF-affiliated schools, received $317,500 in funds. The program is funded from proceeds of the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), the Foundation’s Annual Giving Campaign, previous AH&LEF capital campaigns, annual special events, as well as the following scholarship funds:
This
is the fifth year for two new AH&LEF scholarships – incoming
hospitality
management freshmen and graduate students. Ten incoming freshmen
received
scholarships totaling $19,000, and 10 graduate students received $5,000
scholarships. This year the top-ranked graduate scholar, Suzanne
Markham,
was named in honor of AH&LA Chair Nancy Johnson, executive vice
president,
development, Americas, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. Markham is
currently
working on her doctorate in hospitality management at Iowa State
University.
She worked in lodging operations management for 10 years before leaving
to
teach hospitality management. For the past five years she has been the
hospitality program director at Mount Ida College in Newton,
Massachusetts.
In total, AH&LEF awarded $514,500 to 343 hospitality management students through its 10 academic scholarship programs this year. For more information about AH&LEF scholarships and other programs, contact Michelle Poinelli, senior vice president of foundation programs, at (202) 289-3181 or [email protected] or visit www.ahlef.org. About the AH&LEF AH&LEF is the charitable fund-raising and endowed fund-management subsidiary of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Founded in 1953, AH&LEF is the premier organization for scholarships, as well as funding for hospitality industry research. For more information, visit www.ahlef.org. About the AH&LA Serving the hospitality industry for a century, AH&LA is the sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders in the lodging industry, including individual hotel property members, hotel companies, student and faculty members, and industry suppliers. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., AH&LA provides members with national advocacy on Capitol Hill, public relations and image management, education, research and information, and other value-added services to provide bottom-line savings and ensure a positive business climate for the lodging industry. Partner state associations provide local representation and additional cost-saving benefits to members. |
| Contact: Kathryn Potter [email protected] |