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For Release: News Bulletin AMI-8
August 2, 2012
AMI Accepting Applications for Six Scholarships
Hurry - Application Deadline is Aug. 24
Bedford, Texas,
August 2, 2012 — The Automotive Management Institute (AMI) is accepting
applications for the following six scholarships to be awarded this year: the
Emil Stanley Merit Award, the BodyShop Business Magazine Scholarship, the Gale
Westerlund/Richard Cossette Memorial Scholarship, the Tom B. Babcox Memorial
Scholarship, the Automotive Video Inc. (AVI) Educational Scholarship and the
Zurich “High Octane” Scholarship.
Three scholarships help pay expenses for recipients to attend the
2012 International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) in New Orleans,
Oct. 10-13. These scholarships are the Emil Stanley Merit Award, the BodyShop
Business Magazine Scholarship and the Gale Westerlund/Richard Cossette Memorial
Scholarship.
The $1,000 Emil Stanley
Merit Award is awarded annually to an individual who works in an Automotive
Service Association (ASA) Collision Division member-business in good standing
and who displays a desire to improve their business skills through management
education. The 2012 award marks the 22nd year in which AMI and ASA
have honored Emil Stanley with this commemorative management-oriented
scholarship.
The $1,000 BodyShop
Business Magazine Scholarship is also presented annually. AMI’s resource
development effort, EXCEL, in conjunction with Babcox Media, established the
scholarship that is awarded to an ASA Collision Division member-business in
good standing and who displays a desire to improve their business skills
through management education.
The $1,000 Gale
Westerlund/Richard Cossette Memorial Scholarship is offered in conjunction
with ASA to honor the contributions these individuals made to AMI, ASA and the
collision repair industry.
NACE, the world’s
largest collision repair event, is sponsored by ASA and offers world-class exhibits showcasing
products and services, an educational lineup of AMI
seminars, technical courses and industry sessions and the opportunity to
network with other collision industry professionals.
The remaining three annual scholarships help cover expenses for
recipients to attend the Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) in
New Orleans, Oct. 10-13. These scholarships are the Tom B. Babcox Memorial
Scholarship, the Automotive Video Inc. (AVI) Educational Scholarship and the
Zurich “High Octane” Scholarship.
The $1,000 Tom B. Babcox
Memorial Scholarship was established by EXCEL, in conjunction with Babcox Media.
It is awarded to an ASA Mechanical Division member-business in good standing
and who displays a desire to improve their business skills through management
education.
The $1,000 Automotive Video
Inc. (AVI) Educational Scholarship was established by EXCEL, in conjunction
with AVI, a leader in automotive diagnostic and repair training programs for
automotive repair professionals.
The $1,000 Zurich “High
Octane” Scholarship was established by EXCEL, in conjunction with Zurich,
formerly Universal Underwriters Group. It is awarded to an ASA Mechanical
Division member-business in good standing and who displays a desire to improve
their business skills through management education.
CARS, also
sponsored by ASA, offers world-class exhibits showcasing products and services, an educational lineup of AMI seminars, technical courses
and industry sessions and the opportunity to network with other automotive
service professionals.
Additional details and requirements are available on the AMI Web
site at www.amionline.org.
To request a scholarship application, call AMI at (800) 272-7467,
ext. 101, or fill out a scholarship application online at www.amionline.org.
Applications must be received by AMI on or before Aug. 24, 2012. The
scholarship recipient will be notified by AMI on or before Aug. 31, 2012.
AMI was established in
1989 to answer the demand for continuing education tailored specifically for
the business needs of the automotive service industry. The Institute offers the
Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation, the first business management
accreditation exclusively for the automotive service professional. To date, AMI
programs have attracted more than 212,000 enrollments throughout North America.
AMI is a not-for-profit educational foundation to which tax-deductible
contributions can be made. For more information about the Institute, its
curriculum, or EXCEL, please contact AMI at (800) 272-7467 ext. 129, or visit
the AMI Web site at www.amionline.org.
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