Understanding Division A Renewals

This week’s edition of Hotel Voice reminds members that the deadline for submitting applications to the Hotel Trades Council’s Division A scholarship program is May 31.

That date is also the deadline for applying for Division A scholarship renewals.

The Division A scholarship program awards one-time grants of $2,500 to graduating high school seniors who will be attending an accredited four-year college or university later in 2014. But there is also a renewal program! Under the renewal program, previous Division A scholarship winners who have maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better over the last year can receive an additional $2,000 for the next year of their studies. If they get a 3.0 the following year they are again eligible for a renewal grant of $2,000. In the last two years a total of 20 previous Division A scholarship recipients have received renewals. In fact, two recent Division A scholarship winners, Jakob Cichon and Katheryn Roberson, received grant money for all four years of college!

The renewal program has certainly been an excellent incentive for Division A

Through Division A renewals, Jakob Cichon, seen here with Local 6 Business Agent Dorota Lesniak, and Katheryn Roberson, seen with Division A Benefits Coordinator Jerry Sammartino, received grant money for all four years of college!