Application period open for $5,000 candy technologist scholarship

Deadline for the John Kitt Memorial Scholarship is April 4.

Hannah Vezzetti is the 2016-2017 winner of the John Kitt Memorial Scholarship.

Future candy technologists can receive $5,000 toward their education, thanks to an annual scholarship sponsored by the American Association of Candy Technologists.

The John Kitt Memorial Scholarship, awarded in two $2,500 installments, is available to students majoring in a food science, chemical science or biological science at an accredited four-year college or university in North America.

Recipients of the Kitt Memorial Scholarship must also show an interest in confectionery technology through research projects, work experience, or formal study. They also must have at least a 3.0 grade point average and sophomore, junior, or senior status.

The application deadline is April 4. The winner will be announced in May 2017 for the 2017 fall semester.

The American Association of Candy Technologists is a professional group of technologists, operations personnel, educators, students, business staff, and others dedicated to the advancement of the confectionery industry.

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Alyse Thompson has held many positions with BNP Media, first serving as an intern at Candy Industry Magazine in summer 2012. She joined Candy Industry's staff full time as associate editor in August 2016 after a few years at newspapers in West-Central Illinois, becoming managing editor in March 2019. Alyse has also served as managing editor of Cannabis Products Magazine since March 2019. She has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Spanish from Western Illinois University.