Niagara University CMAA Student Chapter Best In Nation For Seventh Straight Year
Niagara University’s student chapter of the Club Managers Association of America scored some impressive victories at the recent 89th World Conference on Club Management in San Diego.
On Feb. 22, it was named CMAA Student Chapter of the Year for the seventh consecutive year. The student organization was selected among 55 other chapters in the nation based on a series of factors, including the number and variety of educational programs offered, member employment and internships in clubs, membership growth, its relationship with the state chapter of CMAA, and member attendance at events. The Niagara University student chapter has won this award every year since 2008.
Additionally, the Niagara University student chapter won two of the five possible Club of the Future competition first place awards, winning in the Membership Classifications and Club Concepts categories. The student chapter was also recognized for meeting its membership recruitment goal for 2015 and growing its current enrollment to 28 members.
Equally significant, Niagara students Amanda Tidwell and Julie Fewer were recognized as recipients of the Club Foundation’s Joe Perdue Scholarship, club management’s most prestigious and competitive student scholarship. Only five Joe Perdue Scholarships were awarded for the 2015-2016 academic year, with two going to Niagara students. This was Tidwell’s second consecutive Joe Perdue Scholarship Award.