USC Aiken Students Receive
Equine Scholarships
August 31, 2007
USC Aiken Business Management majors Brittany Collins and Tiffany Faver recently received two scholarships funded by the Aiken Equine Alliance and Dogwood Stables and the University’s School of Business Administration.
The scholarships are designated for business majors who are interested in the equine industry.
Collins, a freshman from Perry, S.C., received the School of Business Equine Scholarship. A 2007 graduate of Wagener Salley High School, she is the daughter of Joseph and Sandra Collins and the granddaughter of Tommy and Annie Clyde Williams.
Faver, a freshman originally from West Palm Beach, Fla., received the Dogwood Stables 2007 Equine Scholarship . A 2007 graduate of Seminole Ridge High School, she is the daughter of Richard and Jill Faver and the granddaughter of Rosemary Ratty. She currently resides in Monetta, S.C.
“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 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.
“The equine scholarships allow the University to connect with a very important part of the Aiken community, the equine industry,” said Dr. Ralph Byington, chair of the School of Business Administration (SOBA). “These students represent outstanding equestrian talent and academic potential. The two students represent the competitive, leisure, and business aspects of the industry. In fact, we were to award only one scholarship, but these two were so outstanding that the SOBA decided to recognize both Brittany and Tiffany.”
For more information, visit http://www.infsysco.com/aea/, or contact the USC Aiken School of Business Administration at 803-641-3340.
from left to right: Sam Thomas, executive director the Aiken Equine Alliance, Tiffany Faver, Brittany Collins, Dr. Ralph Byington, dean of the USC Aiken School of Business Administration
