64 / 124
62 •
PPB
• SEPTEMBER 2015
GROW
FOUR-YEAR
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
$4,000 or $8,000, awarded annually
for four years
Joseph T. Adducci
of Colorado
Springs, Colorado, son of Joe
Adducci, Pikes Peak Recognition,
LLC—Pepperdine University
Victoria Adesso
, daughter of Carl
Adesso, Now Promotions—
University of South Florida
Natalie Anderson
of Cedarburg,
Wisconsin, daughter of Kristy
Anderson, Personalized Awards—
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Jeffery Andrade
of Chandler,
Arizona, son of Rebecca Wilson-
Andrade, Extremes LLC—Harvard
University
Hannah Cape
of Montgomery,
Alabama, daughter of Karen Cape,
Brand Ideas—Auburn University
Joseph “Tommy” Clark
of Suwanee,
Georgia, son of Joseph L. Clark,
eCompany Store—Georgia Tech
Mary Duncan
of Olathe, Kansas,
daughter of Grant Hunget, J. Wilbur
Company—University of Kansas
Steven Fisk
of Stockbridge, Georgia,
son of Christopher Fisk, L&L
Advertising—Georgia Southern
University
Kelly Navickas
of Prospect Park,
Pennsylvania, daughter of Anthony
Navickas, A & L Graphics—Wellesley
College
Jamie Ostrowski
of Belleville,
Michigan, daughter of Connie
Ostrowski, C & C Embroidery—
University of Michigan
Jeffery Andrade
Victoria Adesso
Natalie Anderson
Hannah Cape
Joseph T.
Adducci
Kelly Navickas
Mary Duncan
Steven Fisk
Jamie Ostrowski
Joseph “Tommy”
Clark
Alumni Update
FORMER 2008 PPEF
SCHOLARSHIP winner and
2013 Minnesota School of
Business graduate Kate Harthan
grew up helping out in the family
business—Owatonna, Minnesota-
based Corporate Recognition, Inc.
(UPIC: CORPREC). Although
she began her college career as a
music education major, she soon
realized that a childhood spent fil-
ing industry catalogs, conversing
with company managers and han-
dling samples had better prepared
her for a business career.
“The scholarship from PPEF
helped me jumpstart my education
and aided in the various transitions
I made to finally end up with an
associate’s degree in business and a
bachelor’s degree in human
resources,” Harthan says.
Now she’s back at Corporate
Recognition, Inc. in human
resources and accounting roles.
“My favorite part of working in
the promotional products industry
is the variety. All of my training in
human resources, management and
accounting fits right in. So far, I
have organized and expanded our
office space, established systems
for order management, created an
employee handbook and planned
our end-user shows, and I am
looking forward to continuing to
grow this business physically and
financially in the coming years.”
Kate Harthan
// PPEF 2015 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS