Pitt-Bradford Hospitality Management Student Receives $2,000 Scholarship

Destiny Palmer, a hospitality management major at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, has received the Skal International Pittsburgh Tourism and Hospitality Management Scholarship for 2010.

Palmer, of Bradford, received the $2,000 scholarship from Skal, an international organization that “brings together all sectors of the travel and tourism industry,” along with hospitality and tourism management students from Penn State University, Robert Morris University and California University of Pennsylvania.

“Of several fine candidates from Pitt-Bradford’s Hospitality Management program, Destiny most fully met the criteria for the scholarship through her overall effort, academic performance, communication skills, cooperation, and demonstration of her management potential in the hospitality industry,” said Jim Dombrosky, assistant professor of hospitality management and director of the hospitality management program. “She is an outstanding representative of our program.”

Palmer said she was honored to be chosen for the scholarship.

“It was a very pleasant surprise,” she said, “and I can’t thank my professors and Skal enough for their consideration and generosity. Now I’m just focused on living up to the expectation and trying to be the kind of person who deserves the recognition I’ve received.”

Pictured, Palmer preparing food for a dinner Pitt-Bradford hospitality students hosted for the Bradford City Firefighters last winter.
Photos courtesy of Pitt-Bradford