The RABEF Steering Committee earmarks revenue each year for scholarships. The close affiliation with St. John Fisher College initially allowed those funds to be granted to individuals at St. John Fisher College. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide funds to recognize students who exhibit high ethical standards.
The Steering Committee has in recent years expanded the number of scholarships to include students at other colleges and, through a partnership with Junior Achievement of Rochester, a high school student. For more about JA of Rochester, please visit www.rochesterny.ja.org
“As we grow, it is the hope of
Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation to award a scholarship to students at
all of the business schools in the Rochester
area,” said RABEF president Alan Ziegler.
In 2011,
the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation announced four scholarships:
Scholarship winners (left to right) Sparsh Kumar, Varzan Patel and Michael Bohling. No photo of Angela Ralph; she's away at college in Washington, DC.
Michael Bohling - St. John Fisher College Read Michael's winning essay
Varzan Patel - Rochester Institute of Technology Read Varzan's winning essay
Angela Ralph - East High School Read Angela's winning essay
Sparsh Kumar - Pittsford Mendon High School Read Sparsh's winning essay
In 2010,
the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation announced three scholarships:
Paul Schmidt (above, left), a student at Aquinas High School, Cheyanne Davis (center), a student at Rochester Institute of Technology, and Amanda Shisler, a student at St. John Fisher College, received scholarships from the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation.
In 2009,
the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation announced three scholarships:
Alfred Rabinovich (above left), a senior at Brighton High School.
This scholarship is presented in conjunction with a program sponsored by
RABEF and Junior Achievement of Rochester. This is the second scholarship
awarded in conjunction with this program.
Neil R. DeMoney (above center), a fourth year accounting major in the E. Philip
Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is from Newark Valley, NY
and began at RIT in the fall of 2006. This is the first year an RIT student has
received a RABEF scholarship.
Elina Katro (above right), a third-year business management
student at St. John
Fisher College.
Elina came to the United States
from Greece in 2006 and
earned an associate’s degree at Monroe
Community College before
enrolling at St. John Fisher. This is the seventh year a St. John Fisher
student has received a RABEF scholarship
Read Alfred's essay and Elina's essay,submitted as part of their applications for this scholarship.
Above left: Alan Ziegler with the two 2008 RABEF scholarship winners: Katie
Stefanik of St. John Fisher College and Loraine Ortiz of The Edison School of Business.
Above center: RABEF Chair Alan Ziegler "brags on" the 2007 RABEF
scholarship winner Mary Ciesinski, a senior at St. John Fisher College.
Above right: 2011 Scholarship winners Michael Bohling, Varzan Patel and Sparsh Kumar with RABEF president Alan Ziegler.