Scholarships Awarded to Standout CSUF Leisure Trade-Targeted Seniors

Cal State Fullerton Leisure and Hospitality Administration seniors Victoria Krivenkoff ’23 and Sydney Perez ’23 have obtained monetary help for his or her research with a scholarship established by alumna Sydney Russakov ’15. The award supplies funding for college students searching for careers within the music, film, tourism or hospitality fields. 

Each 2022 recipients obtained scholarship awards totaling $3,000 every. 

“Receiving this scholarship permits me to turn into a member of varied music trade organizations, akin to EAMC, GrammyU, MPI SoCal and Cal State Fullerton golf equipment,” explains Krivenkoff. “It allowed me to take lessons in summer time 2022 to reduce my workload throughout fall and spring. Now, I can use extra of my free time working towards skilled objectives and jobs!” 

Says Perez, “I plan to make use of this honor to assist construct myself as a worthy candidate for entry degree jobs within the extraordinarily aggressive leisure trade and hope to dedicate these funds to ending my undergrad and impartial certificates program with New York College, in addition to alternatives, such because the casting apprenticeship program at Syracuse College to additional my schooling.” 

Each recipients have been tasked with writing a paper on how the award would help their journey towards working of their chosen discipline. The scholarship fund is called after a 2015 grad who held senior product administration roles at LinkedIn earlier than transferring on to a product lead creation position at web site builder Univer.se. 

Cal State Fullerton’s Entertainment and Hospitality Management program makes use of the college’s proximity to Disneyland and Hollywood, the experience of the faculty’s leisure and tourism school, and trade connections to make sure college students are ready for a powerful begin on this discipline. 

This system has a positive popularity amongst potential leisure and hospitality college students searching for to advance their future in Southern California. 

“Finding out leisure and hospitality administration was why I selected CSUF over different Cal State colleges. This program is exclusive in that it employs professors who’ve real-world expertise in these industries and really care to tell college students about present tendencies/adjustments happening. The scholars in this system come from very various backgrounds and pursuits. Due to this, I’ve made so many significant connections with my friends that I do know will final into our careers,” Krivenkoff says. 

“EHM consists of an abundance of jobs primarily based on a person’s pursuits. Whether or not you propose to enter Esports, amusement parks, hospitality, music, and many others., there may be beneficial data in each class pertaining to the focus. A lot of what we be taught is seen all through the trade as an entire!”