Marilee Gallagher of Fort Washington Receives $2,500 Scholarship from the Philly Ad Club

PHILADELPHIA, PA (07/30/2012)(readMedia)-- Junior Marilee Gallagher, a communications major from Fort Washington, Pa. was selected by the Philly Ad Club to receive a $2,500 Philly's Future Scholarship Award. Kelly was one of 17 students from Philadelphia area colleges and universities to receive the scholarship, which includes mentoring and internship opportunities as well as a complimentary one-year membership to the Philly Ad Club.

The Philly's Future Scholarship Awards are presented annually to students who demonstrate high personal, professional and academic achievements and are nominated by a professor from his or her school. Seventeen eligible students were nominated from 15 different colleges and universities across the greater Philadelphia region for the awards.

"The Philadelphia Ad Club is an amazing organization that supplies that important link for communications and marketing students to the real world of work," says Susan Magee, MFA, assistant professor of communications. "Aside from her stellar grade point average and her indispensable contribution as sports editor to our college's newspaper, Marilee truly has a passion for sports writing. She is already a professional blogger for The Bleacher Report and is building a loyal readership. She is a very determined young woman. I am proud that she won a Philly Ad Club Scholarship but not at all surprised."

"It felt amazing to be chosen for the scholarship," says Gallagher. "Just to be nominated made me feel great, because it serves as an affirmation that I'm excelling at something that I decided back in high school that I really wanted to make my career path. Being nominated by my professor, Susan Magee, and being chosen to receive the scholarship by the panel at the Philly Ad Club, is just something that I appreciate and I am truly grateful for. I feel that the opportunity to be mentored, along with the affiliation with the club will go a long way for me to accomplish my dream of getting a job working as a sportswriter and broadcaster."

The Philly Ad Club, a non-profit organization, has served the Philadelphia industry's communication professionals with distinction for the past 65 years. It is one of the region's largest and most active trade associations, with more than 2,000 members. It represents Greater Philadelphia Advertising, Interactive, and Media buying agencies, including broadcast and print media.

About Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College, a four-year coed Catholic college in the Ignatian tradition, offers a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master's and doctoral programs. The College has been rated by US News & World Report as among the best master's universities in the North, as among the best Northeastern colleges by The Princeton Review, and has been classified as selective by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Since its inception, the College has offered a rigorous curriculum that provides students with a broad background in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The goal of Chestnut Hill College has been to prepare students for life's challenges by helping them to grow intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and socially.

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