hfa and CAA Award $1,000 Scholarship to Area Advertising Major

The 2006 Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Scholarship from the Cleveland Advertising Association (CAA) has been awarded to Amanda Zenczak, a Cleveland State University student.

Akron, OH (PRWEB) April 5, 2006 -- The road to recording-industry success can be rough. But Hitchcock Fleming & Associates (hfa) is helping pave the way for Amanda Zenczak, a Cleveland State University student. Zenczak has earned the 2006 Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Scholarship from the Cleveland Advertising Association (CAA). hfa awards a $1,000 scholarship to an outstanding university student through the CAA each year. hfa, based in Akron, Ohio, is one of Northeast Ohio’s largest marketing communications agencies.

“We are extremely pleased that the CAA chose a student as qualified as Amanda to receive this scholarship,” said Jack DeLeo, hfa president/CEO. “At hfa, hard work and creativity are hallmarks. We are confident that Amanda exemplifies these qualities, and we’re delighted that we can help her on her way to achieving her degree and dreams.”

Zenczak is a promotional communications and advertising major from Hinckley, Ohio. Her career objective is to work as a publicist or media specialist in the recording industry. She intends to graduate from Cleveland State after the fall semester of 2006.    

To qualify for a CAA scholarship, she maintained a 3.0 grade point average or higher at Cleveland State. Applicants must also be Ohio residents in the second semester of their sophomore year, or a junior or senior in college. She was chosen out of 52 applicants to receive the hfa scholarship.

“All of the nearly 100 associates at hfa congratulate Amanda,” DeLeo said. “We wish her the best in her recording-industry career pursuits.”

About hfa
Established in 1940, Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc. has served a broad range of retail, consumer, industrial and business-to-business clients on a local, regional, national and international basis. A few of its clients are The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the world’s largest tire company; Carter Lumber and its more than 200 stores; Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance, North America’s premier provider of roofing restoration and repair services and materials; and Nexa Autocolor (of North America), a world-leading automotive refinishes company serving more than 150 countries.

hfa’s capabilities include marketing; research; strategic planning; print, broadcast, outdoor and specialty advertising; media planning/buying; public relations; interactive strategy development; Internet design and implementation through its Buzzwerks division; sales promotion; direct response; broadcast and video production; and point-of-sale and collateral materials, such as brochures and catalogs. Web sites for hfa and its interactive division, Buzzwerks, are www.teamhfa.com and www.thebuzzwerks.com.

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