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Woodbury Scholarship Fund Tees Up for 2010 Golf Tourney
This year, the WSF is pleased to have Mr. Charles Bartlett serve as Honorary Chairman for the Golf Tournament. Since moving to Woodbury in 1983, Mr. Bartlett has spent a substantial amount of his time in varying capacities working toward the betterment of the town. He notes that “It is an honor, a privilege to be the designated [Chairman]. I am certainly a proponent for the WSF and I think we need to do as much as we can to continue the success of the Fund. I am hopeful that I can help re-invigorate the event, especially in light of the economic conditions around us now.” One hundred percent of the Tournament proceeds are applied to the WSF’s operating fund from which scholarships are awarded. Last year, the WSF awarded 70 scholarships to qualifying post-secondary education students. Detailed tournament information and the golfer registration forms.
Woodbury Scholarship Fund Recipient Update For the past three years, the Woodbury Scholarship Fund has awarded Brittany Kaminski money to continue her education at Stonehill College where as a junior she majors in sociology and philosophy with a minor in criminology. She has been named to the dean’s list all five semesters that she has attended the school and was awarded the First Year Class Leadership Award and the Community Service Award for her contributions to the Easton and Brockton, Mass., communities through Stonehill’s Into the Streets community service program. When she is not studying, Ms. Kaminski volunteers in a multitude of ways through “Into the Streets” (ITS). Every week she serves as a reading tutor and mentor for local elementary school students with difficulties in reading and reading comprehension. She also serves as an ITS site coordinator to manage other Stonehill reading tutors at the elementary school and Stonehill volunteers teaching at a religious education program at a local parish Serving as a site coordinator enables Ms. Kaminski to share her community service experiences with other volunteers in order to enrich their volunteering, help them begin their service and assist them with any difficulties that they have during their volunteering. After completing 300 hours of community service hours in her first year at Stonehill, she was awarded the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award. At Stonehill, Ms. Kaminski is involved in her campus community in various capacities. Her number one responsibility after her position as a student is working as a resident assistant (R.A.) in the residence halls. She has been an underclass area R.A. for the past two years. As a R.A., Ms. Kaminski has many responsibilities, such as ensuring the safety and security of her residents, transforming the residence halls into comfortable homes and work environments, organizing creative and educational monthly programs, addressing any resident or hall issues in a professional and timely manner and being on duty. During her first semester as an R.A., Ms. Kaminski was awarded the Resident Assistant of the Month Award. Other than volunteering and working as an R.A., Ms. Kaminski works as a teachers’ assistant (T.A.) for a philosophy class and a criminology class. She leads review sessions for exams, as well as reviewing and offering constructive criticism for students’ papers. As a T.A. enables her to share her passion for philosophy and criminology with students, as well as her study techniques. Ms. Kaminski remained on campus this summer to participate in the Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience as a researcher in the criminology department. She assisted one of her criminology professors, who was working on her dissertation for her Ph.D., on a project investigating prison coping. This experience provided her with knowledge of the research process; new skills such as data classification, input and analysis; enhanced organization and self-sufficiency in her work; and a sense of responsibility for the project. She is currently working on an article regarding this project for entry into a journal, as well as applying to speak at various sociology and criminology conferences with her professor. Ms. Kaminski also sings in Stonehill’s Chapel Choir.
Woodbury Scholarship Fund Recipient Update
Marist’s top business student for 2005-2006, Ms. Notti is receiving $18,000 from the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund honoring the pioneer in the telecommunications industry and founder and chairman of MCI Communications Corp. McGowan’s contributions to today’s business world were the focus of Ms. Notti’s 1,000-word essay included in her application for the award. Like the WSF, the McGowan fund seeks excellent students to ensure they have the means to pursue further achievement. McGowan himself was admitted to Harvard Business School to study for his MBA degree, but lacked funds to complete his studies until he won Harvard’s Baker Scholars award. The faculty committee reviews nominees’ academic records, leadership qualities, character, and commitment to helping others. Colleges and universities may only offer their students if they have business programs accredited by either the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International or the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. Ms. Notti has maintained a grade point average of 3.7 out of 4.00, is a member of the Dean’s Circle and the AACSB honor society Beta Gamma Sigma, and is involved in the Marist chapter of Habitat for Humanity. For three years, in Big Brothers Big Sisters, she has been a friend to a little girl, now 9, with whom she lunches, does arts and crafts, and shares her experiences. "She wants to be a fashion designer, too," says Ms. Notti. Daughter of Lisa and Ken Notti of Hillside Road, Ms. Notti has completed two summer internships in New York City. In 2004 for the merchandising division of Saint Eve International, she sent swatches to factories for new season orders and updated accounts tracing sales at existing outlets. In 2005 for B. Robinson’s Product Development Department she helped with development of designer sunglasses, doing a trend board of Isaac Mizrahi models for Target, helping design and develop specification sheets for Betsy Johnson merchandise, and running a trunk show at Bergdorf Goodman for the Judith Lieber sunglasses collection . In December she plans to finish her business degree with three major projects: business plans for Google and for Ask Jeeves, and a marketing plan for Apple Ipod. In May, developing a business plan for a collection done by a Marist senior design major, she will complete her fashion merchandising degree. One of four members of her Nonnewaug class now attending Marist, Ms. Notti plans to seek employment next spring and enter the fashion profession immediately after graduation, before thinking about graduate school. Supported by the generosity of local residents, WSF manages many endowments given to celebrate or remember beloved family and community members. At www.wsfund.org, those wishing more information will find details. Those who wish to donate or discuss the advantages of giving appreciate stocks, unredeemed IRA accounts, and bequests may contact Chair Cam Gardella, 263-4952, or write WSF at Box 716, Woodbury, CT 06798. Because WSF is an all-volunteer effort to send forth excellent students to represent Woodbury, almost all funds go to graduates to use in education after high school.
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E-Mail to: INFO@wsfund.org
Harbingers
of spring may be scarce, but planning for the Woodbury
Scholarship Fund’s 2010 Golf Tournament is already
underway. This year’s tournament will be held on Tuesday,
June 8th at the Watertown Golf Club. The tournament offers
friendly competition on a picturesque course plus a buffet lunch,
awards banquet and raffle all in support of a great cause:
helping local high school graduates pursue their academic
aspirations.
A
2002 Woodbury Scholarship Fund (WSF) winner has achieved national
recognition for her senior year at Marist College in
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Jenna Notti, a double major in business
administration and fashion merchandising, has been named a
William G. McGowan Scholar.