Student Awarded Helen Brett Scholarship

Austin Community College student LeKisha McKinley was recently awarded the Helen Brett scholarship, given to individuals studying exhibition management. Students must have at least a 3.0 grade point average to be considered.

“This is a very prestigious award,” says Virginia Lawrence, chair of the hospitality, culinary arts, tourism, and meeting planning department.

McKinley was one of four winners nationwide who were awarded $5,000.

“I was ecstatic,” McKinley says when she learned she was a recipient. “I was also highly grateful and proud to have won the scholarship.”

After McKinley’s graduation in 2010, she plans to work for a corporate level organization, heading up their event/meeting planning department.

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