7 Celia Moh Scholars Named

May 6, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on May 7, 2010

Fine Furniture Design & Marketing has announced that seven new students have been selected to receive the prestigious Celia Moh Scholarship for furniture studies for the 2010-2011 academic year. Students from top universities around the country with home furnishings programs were eligible to apply.

This year's recipients are: William Eatmon, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Gibson, Mississippi State University; Meaghan Leonard, High Point University; Joseph Sadony, IV, Kendall College of Art and Design; Shannon Taylor, High Point University; Brian Harris, Appalachian State University; and Martha G. Deans Wharton, East Carolina University.

The Celia Moh Scholarship is an academic scholarship program for students bound for the home furnishings industry, paying full-time tuition and fees, room, board and books for its recipients. In addition, the scholarship hosts an annual networking and resource-building trip to the High Point Market, and provides informal internship and career guidance for its scholars, as well as offering an active alumni network for former scholars who are now in the home furnishings industry.

Established in 2001 by furniture industry entrepreneur, Laurence Moh, best known as the founder of Universal Furniture and later, Fine Furniture Design & Marketing, to honor his wife, Celia, the program's managed $3 million endowment investment has provided nearly 60 full scholarships in nine years.

Candidates are selected by their universities and undergo a rigorous application process. A scholarship committee comprised of  home furnishings executives selected the students from a pool of candidates from eight universities across the country.

Get more information about the Celia Moh Scholarship program.