JEWELRY DESIGNER SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

MJSA awards emerging jewelry designers

July 19, 2007

Providence, R.I.—The Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America (MJSA) Education Foundation has awarded more than $7,000 in scholarships to seven student designers.

The following students have received a 2007 MJSA Education Foundation scholarship:

Cheryl E. Acosta of Mesilla, N.M., will pursue an M.F.A. in metals and jewelry at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Jedediah A. Braun of Orangeburg, S.C., currently enrolled at Paris Junior College, in Paris, Texas, is pursuing a Jewelers of America Level Two Bench Jeweler certification.
Jane-Marie W. Ovanin of Amherst, Wis., is pursuing an M.F.A. in jewelry and metalsmithing at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Lucia A. Perluck of Barrington, R.I., is pursuing a B.F.A. in metals and jewelry from Temple University in Philadelphia
Davina R. Romansky of Akron, Ohio, is pursung a B.F.A. in metals and jewelry at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y.
Carol A. Salisbury of Portland, Ore., is pursuing a B.F.A. in jewelry making and design from the Oregon College of Art and Craft
Erica A. Waldron of Leonard, Texas, is pursuing an associate degree in jewelry technology from Paris Junior College.

The MJSA Education Foundation, a non-profit branch of the MJSA, awards scholarships annually and distributes them through a partnership with the Rhode Island Foundation, whose mission it is to connect private philanthropy to the public good.

The scholarships are made possible through many individual donors, as well as endowment funds, including the Karl Augenstein Memorial Fund, the George R. Frankovich Scholarship Fund, the Michael Marcogliese Scholarship Fund, the Andrew and Frances Salvadore Scholarship Fund, and the Walter Oppenheim Fund.

For more information about the MJSA Education Foundation, visit the MJSA's Web site, MJSA.org, or contact MJSA Academy Director Teresa Shannon at (800) 444-6572 ext. 3103 or teresa.shannon@mjsa.org.