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Scholarships

Vendors Give Back
By NEWH, Inc.

It is the goal of NEWH to further our industry

through scholarship and education. To that end, we are offering
the FR-One Scholarship Award, sponsored by the late Harvey
Nudelman of Fabricut. He has funded this $3,000 scholarship for
the seventh consecutive year to be given to a student pursuing a
career affi liated with the hospitality industry in interior design.
Th is year's award will be presented at the BDwest Power
Players: Women Leaders Hospitality Breakfast Panel event on
March 21st at the San Diego Convention Center, as it was last
year. The 2013 recipient was Angela Poovey, a senior at the Art
Institute of Colorado.

of Directors. She also received the NEWH Recognition of
Excellence Award several years ago and has dedicated more than
20 years to promoting and mentoring students and young women
in the hospitality industry.
The second Fabric Innovations Legacy Scholarship will once
again be awarded to a deserving student at the 2014 Platinum
Circle Awards, November 11th at the Conrad New York.
Symmons Industries is joining NEWH's vendor scholarship
family with a new $4,000 award for interior design and
architecture students. The award, which, for the next three years,
will be presented to a winning student each May at HD Expo, will
include a design component starting in 2015.

Karen Paik receives the Fabric Innovations Legacy Scholarship award from Andrea
Thomas, NEWH, and Deborah Herman, Fabric Innovations, at Hospitality Design
magazine's Platinum Circle Gala.
The very fi rst Fabric Innovations Legacy Scholarship was
given to Karen (Karahm) Paik, an undergraduate student at the
Cornell School of Hotel Administration, majoring in hospitality
management. In conjunction with working on her bachelor's
degree, she will also be receiving an associate degree from
the Culinary Institute of America. Th is generous $10,000
scholarship was sponsored by Deborah Herman, owner of Fabric
Innovations, at Hospitality Design magazine's Platinum Circle
Awards Gala in New York this past November.
Herman is a long-standing, beloved member of NEWH and
serves as international ambassador on the International Board
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Andrea Poovey accepts the FR-One
Scholarship Award from the late Harvey
Nudelman of Fabricut.

Family-owned and managed for 75 years, Symmons Industries
has set the standard for un-compromised quality in plumbing
fittings. Symmons pioneered the pressure-balancing, anti-scald
shower valve in 1939 and has expanded its product line to include
a variety of durable, reliable, and beautifully designed products
for residential and commercial applications. As an industry
leader, Symmons continues to innovate, with custom fittings
that create distinctive design solutions for premium hospitality
and condominium projects. Headquartered in Braintree,
Massachusetts, Symmons is a proud U.S.-based manufacturer
and employs nearly 300 people. ❙❘❚
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