California Hotel & Lodging Association Education Foundation Awards Nearly $20,000 in Scholarships & Industry Support
Sacramento, Calif. – The California Hotel & Lodging Association Education Foundation (CH&LAEF) is honored to grant nearly $20,000 in scholarships to this year’s award recipients.
Applications were received from students representing colleges from throughout the state. While there were many qualified applicants, the selected recipients are exemplary students, most of whom are already working in hospitality and will become assets to the industry.
President and CEO of CH&LA, Lynn S. Mohrfeld, CAE said, “We are proud to support our industry by providing financial resources for future hospitality leaders to pursue higher education.”
CH&LAEF strives to increase awareness of the career paths offered in the hospitality industry and to assist the students who have chosen to pursue them. By supporting hospitality education, we are doing our part to maintain and advance the high level of service provided by California’s hotel & lodging industry.
Mohrfeld said, “An educated workforce is a strong workforce, so we are thankful for the generous donations from hotels all over California that made the scholarships possible by donating room nights and packages for the annual Auction to Grow Hospitality Education.”
This year’s CH&LAEF scholarship award recipients are:
Tina Aleagha, California Polytechnic University – Pomona
Nicole Bevans, California State University - Chico
Hayley Chase, San Diego State University
Danielle Dela Paz, San Diego State University
Acuzena Dominguez, California State University – Monterey Bay
Allison Lee, California Polytechnic University – Pomona
Angela Mak, University of San Francisco
Jazmin Martinez, California State University – Monterey Bay
Engie Penaloza, California State University – Long Beach
Lauren Shlee, California State University - Chico
Madison Shuford, California Polytechnic University – Pomona
Carley Radov, California State University – Long Beach
CH&LAEF congratulates this year’s scholarship recipients and wishes them continued success.
To support future hospitality leaders, please consider participating in our annual Grow Hospitality Education online auction. This year’s auction runs from September 24th to October 1st on www.biddingforgood.com/chlaeducation.
For more information or to make a contribution, contact CH&LAEF by calling Susan Ragatz, CH&LA’s Education Director at (916) 554-2678.
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About CH&LA
The California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) is the largest state lodging industry association in the nation. Its members include all segments of the lodging industry including the California Association of Boutique & Breakfast Inns - California’s largest association of professional innkeepers and certified boutique hotels and bed and breakfast inns. CH&LA is the leading resource for communicating and protecting the rights and interests of the California hotel & lodging industry. CH&LA was established in 1893. CH&LA is on the web at www.calodging.com.
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