{"id":30425,"date":"2015-10-23T20:51:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T20:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=30425"},"modified":"2015-10-23T21:35:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T21:35:58","slug":"wyndham-margaritaville-grants-uvi-scholarships-totaling-20000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=30425","title":{"rendered":"Wyndham Margaritaville Grants UVI Scholarships Totaling $20,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Two University of the Virgin Islands students are closer to their dream careers in tourism and hospitality thanks to scholarships from the Wyndham Vacation Ownership Club, UVI announced via press release this afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0Wyndham, which recently opened its newest resort, Margaritaville, on the east end of St. Thomas donated two $10,000 scholarships to two UVI students this Fall.\u00a0 The students are Kishnell George and Tyler Hendrickson.\u00a0 Both students major in UVI\u2019s Hospitality and Tourism Management academic major.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cThese students have shown exemplary work in their efforts to graduate with a degree in hospitality,\u201d said Sarah King, executive vice president of Human Resources for Wyndham.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">For George, the scholarship brings her closer to her dream of opening a restaurant on St. Thomas. She has a passion for the culinary arts and plans to travel the world to learn more about international cuisine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Hendrickson, a freshman hospitality major, said the scholarship will help meet her financial challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cI will use this scholarship to assist me with paying for my degree.\u00a0 It will also help me buy schools materials such as books and a laptop,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Along with a financial boost, the scholarship further ignites Hendrickson\u2019s passion for a career in resort management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cMy passion for resort management began when I was a little girl,\u201d Hendrickson said. \u201cMy mother worked at the Westin Resort and she carried me to work with her when I was little. My love for working in a resort grew as I got older.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Bryan Dixon, director of Resort Operations for the Caribbean Region, said Wyndham is also continuing their paid summer internship program for two UVI students, studying in the field of business or hospitality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cThe internship program gives students the opportunity to learn first-hand what it\u2019s like to work for Wyndham, the world\u2019s largest vacation ownership company,\u201d Dixon said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Dixon said the resort has already hired two UVI interns as full-time associates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cThe interns have been wonderful.\u00a0 We\u2019re happy to have them in our Wyndham family,\u201d Dixon said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">This is the third consecutive year UVI students have received a Wyndham Vacation Ownership Club scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two University of the Virgin Islands students are closer to their dream careers in tourism and hospitality thanks to scholarships from the Wyndham Vacation Ownership Club, UVI announced via press release this afternoon. \u00a0Wyndham, which recently opened its newest resort, Margaritaville, on the east end of St. Thomas donated two $10,000 scholarships to two UVI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,11,191,2474,147],"tags":[613,3639],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wyndham Margaritaville Grants UVI Scholarships Totaling $20,000 - V.I. 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