By Damian J. Christian
OCWS funds scholarships for eight California colleges and universities, including California State University, Fresno, which offers bachelor of science degrees in viticulture and enology. Fresno State has the largest commercial winery on a university campus in the United States with their on-campus estate vineyards, crush facility, barrel and bottling rooms. Fresno State has approximately 150 viticulture and enology students per year and many make wine from grapes grown on campus and also from donated grapes from all over the state. Additionally, Fresno State offers a group of courses covering wine appreciation, beverage marketing and salesmanship under their Hospitality Management degree at Collins College. Fresno State students are very appreciative of the OCWS support, as many of them work several jobs to make financial ends meet during their studies.
Next month we will be highlighting another one of the colleges/universities supported by the OCWS scholarship fund. Just a friendly reminder there is always time to donate to the OCWS Scholarship Fund for 2024. There are two ways to donate:
- Mail a check – Make your check out to OCWS and mail it to the OCWS office at OCWS, P.O. Box 11059, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Attn: Scholarship Fund. A donation letter will be sent to you.
- Donate Online – Log on to your account at ocws.org and go to the scholarship donation page: ocws.org/product/scholarship-donations/. You can make your donation online and print a receipt for tax purposes at the same time.