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SCHOLARSHIPS
Rachael Woloszyn
Interior Architecture, Cal Poly Pomona UCLA

$10,000 NEWH Fabric Innovations Legacy
Scholarship recipient, 2016, sponsored by Fabric
Innovations

Rachael Woloszyn was awarded the $10,000 NEWH Fabric Innovations Legacy Scholarship,
sponsored by Deborah Herman of Fabric Innovations, at the Hospitality Design magazine
Platinum Circle Gala in New York. From 2005 to 2007, Woloszyn worked for a public health
company in Kabul, Afghanistan. Seeking peaceful havens during the stressful period, a visit
to Kabul's well-appointed luxury hotel taught a valuable lesson about the transformative
power of an interior space. This led Woloszyn to night classes in interior design at the Design
Institute of San Diego while working full time, eventually transferring into the master of interior
architecture program offered jointly through Cal Poly Pomona and UCLA Extension. "My goal
is to positively shape the experiences of those who are traveling to new destinations and seek
comfort and inspiration in their accommodations," she says. "[This] scholarship will greatly
assist me in pursuing my passion."

$5,000 NEWH Clifford R. Tuttle Scholarship recipient, 2016,
sponsored by NEWH, Inc.

$5,000 NEWH Ken Schindler Memorial Scholarship
recipient, 2016, sponsored by NEWH, Inc.

Jennifer Lindner
Interior Architecture and Design, Florida State
University

Aparna Avasarala
Interior Design, New York School of Interior Design

Jennifer Lindner was awarded the $5,000 NEWH Clifford
R. Tuttle scholarship, sponsored by NEWH, at Hospitality
Design magazine's Platinum Circle Gala in New York. Lindner
received a bachelor of fine arts degree in interior design
from the International Academy of Design and Technology
of Tampa, Florida, learning how to design residential
homes, commercial offices, healthcare spaces, and hotels-
discovering that hospitality was of particular interest. After
graduation, she accepted a position as design coordinator
at Jacki Arena Interiors, a firm specializing in hospitality
design. "Through the guidance of my co-workers and boss,
I was able to complete 10 hotel renovations and new builds
throughout the U.S. before deciding to return to school,"
Lindsner says. Now, at Florida State University, she is working
toward a master of fine arts degree in interior architecture and
design. "I am honored and grateful to receive this scholarship,"
Lindner says. "A major reason for deciding to return to school
was to become a design professor at a major university. I am
passionate about helping others and guiding them to discover
their true potential."

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Aparna Avasarala received the $5,000 NEWH Ken Schindler
Memorial scholarship, sponsored by NEWH, at the Platinum Circle
Gala in New York. The scholarship fund was established to honor
Ken, president of WALTERS (Walters Wicker). Traveling back and
forth to India throughout her childhood, she realized her love
for the built environment. "Experiencing other cultures is how
we learn and grow tolerance and understanding as individuals.
Understanding ways to connect culture with design is the
reason I chose this career," she says. Avasarala participated
in an architecture and design course in Florence and attends
the New York School of Interior Design. She volunteers time to
prospective interior design students graduating high school,
helping them acclimate to New York City. "Opportunities [like
this scholarship] validate to my family that doing what you
love is important, and that no matter what life throws you,
determination, hard work, and your passion to succeed will
always get you recognized," she says.

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