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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 10, 2010

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Aimee Lawton
Public Relations Representative
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Lyndon student awarded 2010-2011 VT/NH Marketing Group Scholarship

Kate Demar was announced last week as the winner of the 2010-2011 VT/NH Marketing Group scholarship.
Demar is a junior business major from Lyndonville, VT. She has hands-on marketing experience at Tender Corp. in Littleton, NH where has been interning for three years and will continue to intern in her senior year. Demar was one of five qualified Lyndon students who were nominated by Professor Linda M. Mitchell of the Business Administration Department to receive this $500 scholarship for the upcoming school year. The other nominees included Tyler Tinker, Dana Rogers, Matt Pietkevich, and Gina Villarreal.
The VT/NH Marketing Group is a small non-profit and membership based group that provides education and networking opportunities to business people throughout the New England Area. They have been around since 1989 and have built a prominent membership base, with members including Gardener’s Supply Company, Littleton Coin Company, Lake Champlain Chocolates, UPS, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and several small “mom and pop” organizations.
The VT/NH Marketing Group has been giving a scholarship for approximately 15 years. In the past, this scholarship was given through VSAC (Vermont Student Assistance Corporation), but that was changed this year.
“This past year we felt we wanted to work more closely with a few select colleges and with students who are well in to their studies in Business and/or Marketing,” said Sari White, head of the scholarship committee.
White added that they also wanted to expand the program and give the scholarship to a student in New Hampshire as well since they are both a VT and NH based organization. She also said that the scholarship is completely funded through the organization’s annual silent auction held in conjunction with the annual marketing conference.
White said that Kate Demar was chosen as the winner because she “presented herself as a professional at still a young age and impressed [the] committee with her current grades and vision to her future.” Demar will attend the organization’s 20th annual conference to be held this year at the Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa in Whitefield, NH.