Friday, July 27, 2012

BYU Management Society Provide Local Seniors with Scholarships

From Left – Elwin Prince - BYU Management Society Scholarship Director, Whitney Witttwer, Abby Ekins, Kaden Ashcraft, Emily Brown, Nelson Hafen - BYU Management Society St. George Chapter President, and Katelyn Clove. 

St. George, UT, June 22, 2012 — Nelson Hafen, St. George Chapter president for the BYU Management Society, announced that five local high schools students and two current Washington County area BYU students have been given scholarships totaling $5,750. The St. George Chapter of the BYU Management Society awards nearly $6,000 per year in scholarships to local high school graduates.

According to Hafen, “This years recipients of a $750 scholarship include Whitney Witttwer from Snow Canyon High School, Abby Ekins and Emily Brown from Desert Hills High School, Kaden Ashcraft from Hurricane High School, and Katelyn Clove from Dixie High School. The St. George Chapter also gave two $1000 scholarships to local students, James Deibert and Tanner Holt, who are currently enrolled at BYU-Provo.

Each of these recent graduates are planning to attend various regional universities in the Fall including Dixie State College, Brigham Young University - Provo, and Brigham Young University - Idaho.

For more information about the BYU Management Society scholarship program please contact Elwin Prince at 435-652-4804 or go to http://ms.byu.edu/stgeorge.

The BYU Management Society is a premier organization for business professionals to network, develop careers, serve communities, and support BYU and the Marriott School. It is a unique, global organization committed to growing moral and ethical leadership throughout the world. Members meet regularly to interact, attend seminars, and hold gala events such as charity golf tournaments and awards banquets. Speakers provide exposure to current events and topics in business and the community. BYU Management Society is open to all individuals, and not just BYU graduates, who are interested in developing and strengthening ethics in business.

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