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UPT STUDENT RECEIVES $5,000 VIRA I. HEINZTRAVEL STUDY AWARD
Youngsville resident and mother of three to study abroad this summer in the Czech Republic.
TITUSVILLE, Apr. 23 – Marlene S. Hamrick, a resident of Youngsville and a student in the Business Program at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, has been granted a $5,000 Vira I. Heinz Travel Study Award for travel and study in the Czech Republic for this summer. As part of a four-week Study Abroad Program offered through UPT, Hamrick will travel to Prague, Olomouc, and Brno, in the Czech Republic under the direction of Dr. Margaret H. Peaslee, Vice President for Academic Affairs. In Olomouc, Hamrick will attend the 2004 World Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU) at Palacky University. In Brno, she will study the History of Genetics in the Czech Republic at places important in the life of the famous geneticist, Gregor Mendel. Peaslee has conducted extensive research on Gregor Mendel. In Prague, Hamrick will visit business-related institutions, such as the Prague Stock Exchange, the Czech National Bank Exhibit, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the CMC Graduate School of Business and the Charles University. Her studies in the Business Program are directed by Melanie O. Anderson, Assistant Professor of Business. Hamrick was named a Presidential Scholar for the Fall Term 2003 at UPT. She is the wife of Rev. Richard S. Hamrick and the mother of three children, Tiffany, Ricky and Michael. The Hamricks reside in Youngsville, Pennsylvania. The Heinz Endowments supports efforts to make western Pennsylvania a premier place to live and work, a center of learning and educational excellence and a home to diversity and inclusion. The Foundation is committed to helping its region thrive as a whole community – economically, ecologically, educationally, and culturally. It works within Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the nation to develop solutions to challenges that are national and even international in scope. One of the largest and most innovative independent philanthropic foundations in the country, the Heinz Endowments awarded over $70 million in grants in 2002. # # # (Read "Professor and Student Travel to Czech Republic.")
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