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Celia Moh Scholarship Taps 9
May 5,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on May 6, 2011
Nine new students have been selected to receive the prestigious Celia Moh Scholarship for the 2011-2012 academic year.
This year's recipients are: Anne Beuker, High Point University; Jacob Blok, Kendall College of Art and Design; Ethan Creasman, Appalachian State University; Jennifer Gates, Mississippi State University; Haley Haverstock, Mississippi State University; Justine Nicholson, North Carolina State University; Dana Skelton, North Carolina State University; Daniel Unites, North Carolina State University; and Meaghan Wade, High Point University.
The Celia Moh Scholarship for students bound for careers in the home furnishings industry pays 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 Furniture Market(http://highpointmarket.org), 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, to honor his wife, Celia, the programs strategically managed $3 million endowment investment has provided 65 full scholarships in 10 years.