Aiken Equine Alliance and Dogwood Stables Fund Scholarship for Equine Studies
May 8, 2007
The Aiken Equine Alliance and Dogwood Stables recently funded a scholarship in USC Aiken’s School of Business Administration. The scholarship is designated for a student in the School of Business Administration with an interest in the equine industry.
“The Aiken Equine Alliance is pleased to execute this scholarship with USC Aiken as the first of equine studies scholarships in the School of Business, and to acknowledge that this first donation was made by Dogwood Stables,” said Sam Thomas, executive director the Aiken Equine Alliance.
The Aiken Equine Alliance (AEA) is a non-profit organization founded in 2004. The AEA was founded to provide a focal point for the mutually beneficial growth and world wide recognition of the Aiken area and its individual equine groups. The AEA’s mission supports the promotion of Aiken as the premier location in the Southeast for equine activities and as a leading equine education center.
The AEA’s goal, through the Equine Education Fund, is to provide ongoing scholarships and internships for qualified students in the program and to fund an endowed Chair of Equine Studies in the University’s School of Business Administration.
“This is an outstanding opportunity to recognize the importance of the equine industry in our community,” said Dr. Ralph Byington, dean of the School of Business Administration. “I look forward to establishing internship opportunities for our students in the equine community.”
For more information, visit http://www.infsysco.com/aea/. On this site, forms are available to join the Aiken Equine Alliance and to submit internship opportunities, and well as information on scholarships to support equine studies.
Dr. Tom Hallman, USC Aiken chancellor; Dr. Ralph Byington, dean of the School of Business Administration;
and Sam Thomas, executive director the Aiken Equine Alliance
