Hospitality Excellence Awards
Who Can Nominate
- Community colleges or universities in Canada offering foodservice-hospitality diploma or degree programs are invited to submit one nominee per college/university (college $1,750/university $3,250).
- The nominations must be submitted by the program or department heads
Nomination Criteria
The nomination must be based on the nominee's extracurricular activities, academic record and work experience, all of which should indicate that the nominee is exceptionally suited for a career in the hospitality industry.
The nominees for the Hospitality Excellence Award must:
- be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
- not have received any other Foundation scholarship or award
- currently be enrolled in (a) first year of a college diploma or degree program or (b) in the first year of a four-year university degree program or (c) first year of a 2 + 2 university degree program.
The nominees must be in the following areas of study:
- Accommodation and Marketing
- Food and Beverage
- Golf Club Management and Operations
- Hospitality Administration
- Hospitality and Hotel Management
- Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Hospitality Management
- Hospitality Tourism and Leisure Management
- Hotel and Food Administration
- Hotel and Resort Management
- Hotel and Restaurant Management
- Hotel, Resort and Restaurant Management
- Resort Operations
- Tourism Management
PLEASE NOTE: If the student nominated has applied for and receives another Foundation scholarship with a greater dollar value in the same year as the nomination, the school will be notified and asked to submit another Excellence Award nominee.
How to Nominate
The nomination form must be completed on-line by the school program or department head and the nominee's most recent transcripts be sent to the Foundation's mailing address provided on the form. PLEASE NOTE: transcripts must arrive by the submission deadline date for the nomination to be accepted.
To nominate on-line, the school administrator must first register. Please CONTACT the Foundation office so we can assist you in registering.
Payment of Award Money
A one-time payment is made to the school in November of the year the nomination is received for credit to the student's tuition fees or to be paid to the student by the school if there are no outstanding fees. The Foundation will seek confirmation of full-time re-enrollment prior to payment.Deadline
Nominations must be received by the Foundation no later than Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Nominations received after that date will not be eligible to receive the award. Names of award recipients will be posted on the Foundation web site www.chfscholarships.com by the end of June 2008.Important, please note:
Colleges/universities that do not submit nominations this year will be taken off the list of schools eligible to receive Foundation Excellence Awards for the following year. The Foundation will be pleased to re-instate a school but only upon a written request and after a period of one year.
Areas of Study
