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Contact: Cara Sievers
Director of College Communications
csievers@mca.edu
(901) 272-5111

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 2012

Memphis College of Art Awards 2012
Summer Camp Scholarships

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis College of Art's Community Education department is proud to announce the 2012 Summer Camp scholarship recipients. The following Memphis-area students have received either half-day or full-day, one-week summer camp scholarships, enabling the students to study a wide variety of visual arts disciplines in a hands-on learning environment.

Full-Day Recipients
Kaleb Brunt, age 11
Jasmine Huang, age 13
Emma Lanley, age 12
Amelia Lessman, age 7
Canecia McIntyre, age 9
Kenneth Pendleton, age 15
Timothy Presley, age 9

Half-Day Recipients
Lorenzo Aguirre, age 7
Jeremiah Allard, age 10
Stephanie CiFuentes, age 5
Tyler Malone, age 6
Erika McLennan, age 12
Peyton Mertz, age 12
Lily Beth Norris, age 10
Danny Wilkinson, age 10

Five half-day, one-week scholarships were provided by community partner ServiceMaster by Stratos, which has awarded three scholarships to employees' children (Allard and CiFuentes) and will provide three to the community at large.

"Providing cultural experiences for our employees and their families is one way that we, as an organization, have executed one of our top corporate objectives – to help others develop," said Stacy L. McCall, president and CEO, ServiceMaster by Stratos. "We offer scholarships to children within our company and in our community to attend the Memphis College of Art Summer Camp Program as another opportunity to encourage interest in the arts. We feel it is our responsibility to make a difference not only in our employees' lives, but also in the lives of those that they support each and every day."

"MCA is overjoyed to welcome these talented young artists into this summer's camp," said Cecilia Palazola, director of community education at Memphis College of Art. "I am always amazed and inspired by the work that is submitted during the scholarship application process – it's clear that Memphis has a wealth of budding young artists."

If you would like to contribute to the Summer Art Camp scholarship fund, checks can be sent to:
Memphis College of Art
1930 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104
Note: Summer Art Camp Scholarship

Memphis College of Art provides a rigorous curriculum in an intimate, diverse community to empower generations of leading artists, designers and educators to flourish professionally and contribute valuable ideas to society. The region's only independent art and design college, MCA is fully accredited with expert, nationally renowned faculty and grants BFA, MFA, MA in Art Education and MA in Teaching degrees with graduates excelling in various careers across the country and internationally. For more information, visit www.mca.edu.

Headquartered in Memphis and serving business and industrial clients in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, ServiceMaster by Stratos is a contract janitorial company that provides innovative cleaning solutions allowing customers to focus on their business and not their facility. Serving clients from medical to industrial facilities, as well as professional office buildings and large-scale arenas, the local franchise has expanded to employ more than 275 people. For more information about ServiceMaster by Stratos, visit www.smbystratos.com or call 901-683-0064.