There are several scholarships available to Hospitality Management students.
ON HOLD TILL FURTHER NOTICE: Canadian Hospitality Foundation College Hospitality Scholarship
Who can apply:
- College students in the 1st year of a two-year diploma program
- University students in their second or third year of a degree program.
- University students in the first-year of a 2+2 program (first 2 years completed in a community college for a diploma program where scholarship is applicable)
- Applicants must not have received any other Canadian Hospitality Foundation scholarships
- Applicants must be Canadian Citizens or Landed Immigrants
Deadline
Deadline for Submission for the Canadian Hospitality Foundation College Hospitality Scholarship is September 14th by Noon to Mark Elliott in A3013.
Criteria
Applications are to be judged on the following criteria. Points assigned to each of the criteria (from a total of 100 points) are as follows:
- Work experience (20): based on quality and length of work experience with extra points for foodservice, hospitality, and culinary-related experience and for increased levels of responsibility
- Scholarship record (20): based on grade point average
- Leadership and ability to get along with others (25): based on work experience, letters of reference and responses to application questions.
- Professional promise (25): based on work experience, letters of reference and responses to application questions
- Discretionary points (10): given to the discretion of each judge and based amongst other things on quality of application (neatness, imagination and effort put into the presentation).
How to Apply
Submit the completed form along with the following documents to the Awards Officer/Scholarship Coordinator or your Professor. Missing, falsified or incomplete documents will be grounds for elimination:
- A completed and signed application form (pen or typewritten only)
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
- An OFFICIAL transcript of records. (web grades, photocopy, emailed or faxed transcripts are NOT accepted)
- 2 + 2 program: final year of a college diploma program
- Letter(s) of recommendation from a current faculty member and/or school administrator. Each letter must be signed and must include address, telephone and email address and be on school letterhead.
- Letter(s) of recommendation from past or present employer(s) (reference letters for volunteer activities will also be considered). Each letter must be signed and must include address, telephone and email address and be on company letterhead.
- Photo of applicant: The photo must be a colour 5 by 7 inch head and shoulders portrait, NO creative shots will be accepted.
Payment of Scholarship Money
The scholarship money will be paid in its entirety in November of the year the scholarship is awarded. The Foundation will seek confirmation of full-time enrollment from the university before payment is made. Payment is made directly to the university, for credit towards the recipient’s tuition fees. If the tuition fee has already been paid in full, the money will then be paid to the student by the university.
Website Posting of Recipients
The recipients list will be posted on the Foundation website by October of the year the scholarship is awarded.
Jim Sator Award
To be awarded to a student in the Hospitality Management Diploma program who has demonstrated academic achievement, and has a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Recipient must be in need of financial assistance.
Class Act Award
This award was established from the proceeds of an annual event hosted by the Hospitality Management Program and the Douglas College Foundation. Preference will be given to students in the Hospitality Management Program.
Gayle Jackson Memorial Bursary
This bursary was created by family, friends and colleagues to honour the life of Gayle Jackson. Gayle was a Foods instructor at Douglas College from 1996 - 2008. This bursary will benefit students who are pursuing a career in Food and Beverage.
Rosemary Rowe and Betty Fulton Memorial Bursary
Established in 2000, the Rowe and Fulton families created the Betty Fulton Memorial Bursary to support Douglas College students in any program, with preference given to students enrolled in the Hospitality Management program who had dependents.
Established in 2002, the Rosemary Rowe Memorial Bursary was created by friends and family of Rosemary Rowe. The bursary supported Douglas College students in any program, with preference given to students enrolled in the Hospitality Management program and/or students with dependents.
In 2013, the families of Rosemary Rowe and Betty Fulton combined the two bursaries to create the Rosemary Rowe and Betty Fulton Bursary. The bursary continues to support Douglas College students, with a preference to students with dependents and those students enrolled in the Hospitality Management Program.
Class Act Bursary
This bursary was established from the proceeds of an annual event hosted by the Hospitality Management Program and the Douglas College Foundation. Preference will be given to students in the Hospitality Management Program.
Class Act Scholarship
This award was established from the proceeds of an annual event hosted by the Hospitality Management Program and the Douglas College Foundation. Preference will be given to students in the Hospitality Management Program.