Special Notice About Student Scholarships
The Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education (FOARE) is now accepting scholarships for the 2008-2009 Academic Year.
FOARE scholarships support the education and career goals of those who are part of the outdoor advertising families.
Industry families have received more than $90,000 to educate their children.
Six $3,000 scholarships and one $4,5000 scholarship are available for:
- Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at an accredited institution.
- High school seniors accepted to an undergraduate program at an accredited institution.
- Students accepted into a master’s or doctoral program.
The Application Deadline is June 13, 2008.
You can also contact Myron Laible for application information by calling (202) 833-5566 or by e-mailing mlaible@oaaa.org.
2007-2008 Outdoor Advertising Scholarship Winners
Seven college students - all with family ties to the outdoor industry - will receive scholarships for the 2007-08 academic year from the Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education (FOARE).
"Scholarships help open doors to college today, and these students will be leaders tomorrow," said Paul Cook of Wolverine Sign Works and president of the Foundation.
Amanda Franzen of Carlisle, PA, was named the recipient of the ($3,000) Ruth Segal Scholarship. (The Ruth Segal Scholarship was established in memory of the late OAAA staff member who worked tirelessly to educate federal and state policymakers about the outdoor advertising industry.)
Franzen, a second-year law school student at the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, plans on a career in public interest law. Amanda’s father Roy Franzen is a sign poster for Lamar Advertising Company.
Recipients of $2,000 FOARE scholarships are:
- Lisa Ballistreri of Thorofare, NJ, a graduate student at Rowan University studying Library Science
- Bronson Church of Aynor, SC, a freshman majoring in Business Management at Coastal Carolina University
- David DeCoskay of Hollidaysburg, PA, a freshman studying Pre-Med at Drexel University
- Landon Farnsworth of West Jordan, UT, a junior at the University of Utah majoring in Accounting
- Brian McMillan of Princeton, WV, a first-year student at the West Virginia School of Medicine
- Alanna Schmelter of Crown Point, IN, a junior at Columbia College Chicago majoring in Film Editing