The
Automotive Management Institute (AMI) is accepting applications for the
following five scholarships to be awarded this year: the Emil Stanley Merit
Award, the BODYSHOP BUSINESS Magazine Scholarship, the Richard Cossette/Gale
Westerlund Memorial Scholarship, the Tom B. Babcox Memorial Scholarship and the
Arrowhead Specialty Markets “High Octane” Scholarship.
Three scholarships help pay expenses for recipients to attend the 2014
International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) in Detroit, which takes
place July 30 through Aug. 2. These scholarships are the Emil Stanley Merit
Award, the BODYSHOP BUSINESS Magazine Scholarship and the Richard Cossette/Gale
Westerlund 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 2014 award marks the 24th
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 Richard Cossette/Gale Westerlund Memorial Scholarship 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
scholarship, offered in conjunction with ASA, was created to honor the
contributions these two industry leaders made to AMI, ASA and the collision
repair industry.
The remaining two annual scholarships help cover expenses for recipients to
attend the Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) in Detroit, July 31
through Aug. 2. These scholarships are the Tom B. Babcox Memorial Scholarship
and the Arrowhead Specialty Markets “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 Arrowhead Specialty Markets “High Octane” Scholarship was
established by EXCEL, in conjunction with Arrowhead’s Specialty Markets. 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.
Additional details and requirements for the scholarships are available on the
AMI website 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 June 20, 2014. The scholarship recipient will be
notified by AMI on or before June 30, 2014.