WATERLOO, IA– Chief Valley is worked up to announce a brand new Management & Legacy Scholarship for Minority College students that can profit highschool college students all through the Cedar Valley with plans to attend faculty. Established by CBE Firms (CBE) Proprietor and Chairman Tom Penaluna and his spouse Ginger, this scholarship will fund and award annual scholarships and supply management coaching to minority youth in Black Hawk County, with an emphasis on those that have attended ‘Chief in Me’ faculties.
“Chief Valley’s ‘Chief in Me’ initiative prepares college students with employability and management abilities no matter their race, faith, or socio-economic backgrounds,” explains Penaluna. “Ginger and I hope this scholarship fund will assist create a greater atmosphere for these deprived minority college students after they graduate, to come back again to the Cedar Valley and assist our group grow to be extra inclusive which can open doorways to new considering and enriching lives.”
This announcement comes on the heels of Chief Valley’s 10-year celebration on Jan. 10, the place CBE’s founder Tom Penaluna acquired the Chief Valley Legacy Award for his influential function within the institution and development of Chief Valley during the last decade. Now, Penaluna is continuous his legacy of investing in younger leaders by way of the institution of the Chief Valley Management & Legacy Scholarship, which furthers his ongoing dedication to offering various and inclusive alternatives to historically under-served teams with a deal with Cedar Valley’s African American group.
“In 2020, our group confronted the devastating blow of being named the worst place within the nation for African Individuals to stay,” states Madelyn Ridgeway, CBE’s Director of Range, Fairness, Inclusion & Belonging. “Leaders in our group, like Tom, galvanized to do their half in altering that narrative. Specialised alternatives such because the Management & Legacy Scholarship search to degree the taking part in discipline, and provides our rising leaders wanted assist and encouragement as they start their faculty {and professional} careers.”
The $10,000 four-year scholarship will present as much as $2,500 per 12 months for a scholar’s freshman by way of senior years of school. The scholarship may even present college students with entry to summer season management seminars to equip college students to grow to be profitable leaders upon commencement.
The Chief Valley Legacy & Management Scholarship will start accepting functions within the spring of 2023. College students getting into their freshman 12 months of school within the fall of 2023 are eligible to use. For extra data, go to www.bit.ly/LeadershipandLegacyScholars.
Chief Valley prepares PreK-12 college students for all times by offering them with the important employability abilities wanted for a lifetime of effectiveness and a aggressive benefit within the workforce. We imagine that is achieved by way of excessive ranges of group collaboration; by way of Chief Valley, sturdy partnerships are being fostered amongst Cedar Valley companies, PreK-12 faculties and better schooling. Study extra at www.leadervalley.org.
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