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Spring 2005 tourism scholarships available
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Posted on Jan 13 2005
The Northern Marianas College Tourism Scholarship Board is currently accepting applications for the Spring 2005 semester.
The purposes of the Tourism Scholarship are:
* to develop hospitality professionals by providing financial assistance and on-the-job training opportunities to high school and college students in their pursuit of careers in the tourism and hospitality industry;
* to help alleviate the critical current and future shortage of skilled and trained workforce for the CNMI; and
* to provide current tourism industry employees with opportunities to improve their knowledge and skills, and enhance their career and professional development.
The number of scholarships awarded each year depends on the availability of funds.
The scholarship will fund the following tourism education programs:
1. High school juniors and seniors taking tourism courses at NMC; or currently enrolled NMC students whom are majoring in hospitality management.
2. Current hospitality industry employees who have been employed for at least two years with a HANMI member who are pursuing professional development at NMC or through other approved programs, e.g. AHMA Educational Institute courses.
3. Currently enrolled NMC students or HANMI employees who are participating in approved internships or tourism-related courses abroad.
To be eligible for this scholarship, a student must:
1. Be a U.S. citizen or CNMI resident, and/or be currently employed in the hospitality industry with at least two years of employment service in the CNMI.
2. Be enrolled as a full or part-time student in at least one tourism course at NMC or be enrolled in another approved professional tourism course during the semester that the scholarship is being awarded.
3. Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher (does not apply to HANMI employee applicants).
Interested applicants may obtain a Tourism Scholarship application form from the NMC Financial Aid Office, NMC Business Department, or HANMI member hotel. The deadline for Spring 2005 semester applications is Jan. 21, 2005. For more information, contact Larry Lee at tel: 234-5498, ext. 1814, or email larryl@nmcnet.edu.
