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Fred and Gertrude England
Hospitality Education
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The Fred and Gertrude England Hospitality Education Foundation offers both
Professional Development Scholarships and Student
Scholarships.
Professional Development Scholarships
The Foundation’s Professional Development Scholarship Program offer
scholarships to NYSH&TA member employees for professional development activities.
The intent of the program is to provide a scholarship award (50% tuition up
to $1,000) to an employee of a NYSH&TA member property, to improve his/her
knowledge about any subject to support their efforts of professional development.
This scholarship may be used to cover part of the expenses incurred
by the employee so that the burden of individual contributions may be lightened,
though not necessarily eliminated.
Goal:
It is the goal of the Foundation to have employees choose professional development
activities which will benefit both themselves and the member property. Examples
of activities that a scholarship can be applied for are: one day courses
in computer software applications for staff members; advanced HVAC semester
courses given at community colleges; day, week, or certification professional
development courses given, at but not limited to, institutions such as the
Culinary Institute of America, Cornell, Niagara University, Rochester
Institute of Technology or certification courses through the Educational Institute,
of the American Hotel and Lodging Association.
Eligibility Requirements:
Employees of NYSH&TA members that have been employed for at least a
year at that property are eligible to apply for this scholarship.
Click here to download
a copy of the Professional Development Scholarship Application.
Student Scholarships
Realizing the challenges of working while achieving an education, the Foundation
offers scholarships to full-time and part-time students majoring in the hospitality
industry who are working at member properties, as well as dependents of employees
working at member properties. The Fred and Gertrude England Hospitality Education
Foundation awards two annual scholarships.
Scholarship Eligibility
COLLEGE STUDENTS:
- Scholarships are available to employees OR dependents of employees of a NYSH&TA member.
- Students must have completed 15 college credits AND be enrolled for an additional 15 credits.
- Students must be majoring in the hospitality field.
- Students must maintain a 2.50 grade point average (GPA).
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
- High school graduates must successfully have completed the Lodging Management Program (LMP) and
achieved certification.
- Student internships must be or have been with a NYSH&TA member.
- Students must be majoring in the hospitality field in college.
Annual Awards*
- Full-time student receives $1,000 per semester for a maximum of $4,000.
- Part-time student receives $500 per semester for a maximum of $4,000.
- If part-time student becomes full time, then the $1,000 per semester begins for a total
of $4,000 per student.
- Scholarship payments begin the semester following the formal presentation of awards.
Louis N. Ventresca Scholarship Award*
One of the three annual scholarship recipients will receive the Louis N.
Ventresca Scholarship Award, which is the highest and most coveted honor
the Foundation
distributes. First awarded in 2004, this scholarship is named after the
Foundations's first Chairman of the Board, Louis N. Ventresca, and is recognized
with additional funds.
Click
here to download a copy of the Student Scholarship
Application.
For links to additional scholarship opportunities, please click here.
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