Posted on: April 30, 2018
By: Allen Wallace, wallacej7@mailbox.sc.edu, 803-777-5667
The College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management celebrated 55 award-winning students with a Scholarship Luncheon on Friday, April 27 at McCutchen House. Many of the donors who made the scholarships possible traveled from across the state and country to join the student recipients for the luncheon, which HRSM Dean Haemoon Oh hopes to make an annual event.
“We cannot thank our scholarship donors enough for their support of these outstanding students,” said Haemoon Oh, dean of the college. “To the student award winners: congratulations on this significant achievement. Please know we are proud of you and can’t wait to see where you will go representing HRSM!”
The college awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships this year to help ease the burden of tuition expenses and open up opportunities for students to study abroad, attend industry conferences and have other valuable experiences outside of the classroom.
"I'm very grateful my parents help me pay for college, but I have so many student loans at this point that I was struggling,” said retailing major Cali Foster, a Harry E. and Carmen S. Varney Endowed Scholarship winner. "This endowment really helps me through the year and helps my parents in helping me.”
The scholarship winners have studied and represented HRSM all over the world (two, in fact, missed the luncheon because they were studying in Australia). They have worked at countless big events including the Masters, the PGA Championship, the Olympics, the Super Bowl and the Kentucky Derby.
"There are a lot of expenses your senior year. This scholarship will be a tremendous boost to help me close out strong,” said Gordon Dia, a hospitality management major and winner of the Pooser Bicentennial Endowed Scholarship.
The award winners were selected by a college scholarship award committee out of hundreds of applicants this year. The college is actively working to gain support for additional scholarships so that even more students can have financial support to reach their academic and career goals.
Congratulations to the 2018-19 HRSM Scholarships and Winners:
College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management Endowed Scholarship
Laura Chitwood
Hannah Koppelman
David Varney
Wenyang Geng
Wanjiru Gikiri
George Rogers Endowed Scholarship
Andrew Co
Kiley Burns
Henry D. Jacobs, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Gabriela Beavers
Gianna Messina
Julia Kleifges
Sydney Bernhardt
Sara Pollin
Harry E. and Carmen S. Varney Endowed Scholarship
Cali Foster
Julia Jaffee
Ashley Paturzo
Alyssa Haydon
Tom B. Pearce, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Lyndsey Carnovale
Chef Jules Pernell Memorial Scholarship
Jiarong Xu
Xinyu Wang
Yuqi Wang
Mr. and Mrs. Phil E. Pearce Endowed Scholarship
Dashon Murray
Dr. Jack Weatherford Endowed Scholarship
Zoey Downes
M. Walker Pearce Endowed Scholarship
Chuhan Wang
E. Ellison Walker Endowed Scholarship
Chuhan Wang
Charles B. Walker Endowed Scholarship
Chuhan Wang
Pooser Bicentennial Endowed Scholarship
Tayler Metivier
Gordon Dia
Parker Coggins
Sophia Garrison
Alexis Hanak
Larry Ginocchio Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Marisa Florentino
London Weston
Gary and Jane Green Endowed Scholarship
Megan Feeney
Sean and Melissa Potter Endowed Scholarship
Julia Brodeur
Jiahua Gan
Weems O. Baskin, Jr. Scholarship in Sport Administration
Michale Schnepfe
Dan Reeves Sport and Entertainment Management Scholarship
Jenna Sclafani
Craig S. Kelly Memorial Endowed Scholarship
David Brake
Blayne Brown Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Olivia Fox
Bingchen Li
Dakota Bumbaco
Jim Hunter Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Regan Durham
Layne Shinaberry
Austin Myers
Darlington Raceway Scholarship
Kallie Brinkworth
Ryan Conley
Stephen Bork
2017-2018 Patricia G. Moody International Travel Scholarship
Taylor Williams
2017-18 Don Stowe International Travel Scholarship
Savannah Reeves
2017-2018 HRSM Alumni Society Fund Travel Scholarship
Cara Baldwin
Tayler Metivier
Catherine Snyder
Alexander Wright
Target Campus Grant Asset Protection Scholarship
Marilyn Orcutt
For more information about how to apply for an HRSM academic or travel scholarship, click here.
For more information on how to support student scholarships, click here.