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NSU’s Huizenga Business School Student Receives Communis Creative Marketing Professional Scholarship

Stephanie Zehner - Award Recipient

Stephanie Zehner, recipient of the Communis Creative Marketing Professional Scholarship.

Stephanie Zehner, a graduate student enrolled in the Huizenga Business School’s Master of Science in Leadership program, is the first recipient of a $1,000 Marketing Professional Scholarship award from Communis Creative, a full-service video production and communications agency.

Rhonda Ritchie-Aslaksen, founder and president of Communis Creative, established the scholarship to support marketing professionals, contributing $5,000 to the Huizenga Business School to fund and launch the annual scholarship award.

Ritchie-Aslaksen is an award-winning writer / producer and creative director with more than 2 decades of production experience.  Communis Creative, based in the trendy Himmarshee district of downtown Fort Lauderdale, works with a range of clients – from universities, non-profits and communication giants to health care, retail and automotive to produce a diverse range of media projects.

To be considered for the annual $1,000 award, applicants must be enrolled at the Huizenga Business School and be in good academic standing.  Scholarship requirements consider both academic achievement and student involvement.

For more information on scholarships available to Huizenga Business School students, please visit:  http://www.huizenga.nova.edu/CurrentStudents/Scholarships.cfm.

: J. Preston Jones, D.B.A., dean of the Huizenga Business School; Rhonda Ritchie-Aslaksen, founder and president of Communis Creative; and NSU President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D.  (Credit: Gerlinde Photography/Michael Hopkins)

J. Preston Jones, D.B.A., dean of the Huizenga Business School; Rhonda Ritchie-Aslaksen, founder and president of Communis Creative; and NSU President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D. (Credit: Gerlinde Photography/Michael Hopkins)