The Women\u2019s Jewelry Association Foundation (WJAF) declared its scholarship recipients, all of whom are students in accredited programmes focused on jewellery making and design, to receive a total of $35,000 in scholarship funds for the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2021-2022 programme year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a total of five scholarship categories in which the 2021 winners have been gifted, ranging from $1,000- $5,000; The Cindy Edelstein Jewelry Design Scholarship, the Gabriel Love Foundation Scholarship, Designer Category (based on designs by the student, includes CAD and drawings), Designer\/Creator Category (based on images of finished pieces that are designed and created by the student), and Non-Designer Category (essay-based for those studying to be a gemmologist, appraiser, watch-maker, bench jeweller, or retailer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The additional WJA scholarship winners of 2021 include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Christiane Gozashti, Gemological Institute of America<\/p>\n\n\n\n Xinchen Li, UW Wisconsin<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barbara Salinas, FIT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jennifer Foote, Academy of Art Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n Allison Ice, University of Kansas<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sky Gilbert, Winthrop University<\/p>\n\n\n\n Naomi Chicoine, San Diego State<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amber Kimlick, University of North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spriha Baid, Gemological Institute of America<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sarah Fam, Gemological Institute of America<\/p>\n\n\n\n Funds for WJA scholarships are raised through the association\u2019s annual Awards for Excellence Gala in which a number of individual member and corporate donations are given to establish generous sponsorship funds. This year, Awards for Excellence will centre around WJA\u2019s 2021 organisational theme, Building Resilience for Responsible Business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Women\u2019s Jewelry Association Foundation (WJAF) declared its scholarship recipients, all of whom are students in accredited programmes focused on jewellery making and design, to receive a total of $35,000 in scholarship funds for the 2021-2022 programme year. There are a total of five scholarship categories in which the 2021 winners have been gifted, ranging…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-10160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bulletin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n