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As part of our educational mission, the Orange County Wine Society
awards scholarships to several worthy California institutions of
higher learning each year. This year, the OCWS will be donating
$29,000 to the following colleges and universities. Each has a program
either in enology (wine making), viticulture (grape growing), wine
marketing, or culinary arts.
| COLLEGE |
LOCATION |
PROGRAM |
AMOUNT |
| Allan Hancock College |
San Luis Obispo |
Note 1 |
$3,000 |
| California Poly University |
San Luis Obispo |
Note 1 |
$5,000 |
| California Poly University |
Pomona |
Note 2 |
$3,000 |
| California State University |
Fresno |
Note 1 |
$4,000 |
| Napa Valley College |
Napa |
Note 1 |
$3,000 |
| Orange Coast College |
Costa Mesa |
Note 2 |
$5,000 |
| Orange Coast College |
Costa Mesa |
Note 3 |
$3,600 |
| University of California |
Davis |
Note 1 |
$6,000 |
| TOTAL DONATIONS |
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$32,600 |
Note 1: Indicates those colleges having programs in Enology, Viticulture,
or Wine Marketing.
Note 2: Indicates those colleges having programs in Culinary Arts.
Note 3: Each year, many of our judges from the OC Fair Commercial
Competition donate their honoraria to a special scholarship fund
that is awarded in rotation to one of the schools above. This year,
the $3,600 collected in 2008 will go to Orange Coast College's award-winning
Culinary Arts Program.
Stay tuned to The Wine Press for more news on this year's scholarship
recipients.
Carolyn
Schoff
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