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College Works awards the year's managers in Cancun, Mexico

CWP closes out 2009 with State and Divisional Awards in Cancun, Mexico and embarks on the biggest year ever in 2010!

National Manager of the Year - Tom Heiler (Pennsylvania)
District Manager of the Year - Mark Blumenthal (Illinois) & Josh Jacobs (California PCC)

Congratulations to all the Divisional Managers of the Year!

Arizona - Joe Powless
California Central - David Taylor
California North - Taylor Smith & Kelly Jewett
California South - Jeffrey Mihaljevich & Eric Roberts
California Pacific Coast - Megan Juskalian
Colorado - Matt Griffith
Illinois - Kyle Lindsey
Michigan - Mike Romigh
Missouri - Joel McPeak
New England - Dylan Petitt
New Jersey - Brian Nardi
Ohio - Ben Kern
Oregon - Emmie Yeiter
Pennsylvania - Tom Heiler
Texas - Nathan Moore
Utah/Nevada - Emily Job & Jake Kinghorn
Virginia - Kyle Emory
Washington - Matt Beeninga

Congrats to all!

College students painting houses

During this recession, college students find a way to pay for rising tuition costs. Juan Lopez, a senior at California State University, Chico, has started his own business painting houses in Tehama and Shasta counties. Lopez is Branch Manager for College Works Painting in the Redding/Red Bluff area. He has recruited students from Butte College and Shasta College to work for him. painting homes during the summer. College Works Painting gives students the opportunity to develop management and communication skills by running their own business. The recruitment and training process is intense. The experience sets students apart from their colleagues and allows them to better compete for a job after college. College Works Painting is the largest residential house painting company in the US, painting over 12,000 homes each year. The company has been in business for over 20 years and all of their work is backed with a 2-5 year warranty. The company is fully licensed and insured and has a 97 percent customer satisfaction rate. Lopez is offering free estimates to homeowners for exterior house paining. He can be contacted at (530) 566-4043. www.collegeworks.com

UC Irvine student awarded business scholarship

UC Irvine junior Marko Tomov, a management minor at The Paul Merage School of Business, garnered a $2,500 Future Business Leader scholarship presented by Newport Beach-based The Waltos Group of Northwestern Mutual and Northwestern Mutual Foundation.

An Irvine resident, Tomov (pictured with Shelby Olsen and Kate Eder of The Waltos Group of Northwestern Mutual) received the award based on his application and “Roadmap of My life” essay, which details his dedication to his studies, future ambitions and commitment to being a productive and charitable member of the community.

Tomov is a certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), who served the community as an EMT for two years before pursuing his business studies at UCI. Slated to graduate in May 2010 with a major in biomedical engineering and a minor in management, Tomov maintains a 3.75 GPA and has earned many honors. He has also been a leader of Phi Kappa Psi, a University of California philanthropic fraternity, and is a management intern at College Works Painting. Tomov holds memberships with the Biomedical Engineering Society and OCTANe Nex.

“Marko Tomvo’s leadership, ambition and entrepreneurial spirit, coupled with his compassion and dedication to the community, makes him the ideal recipient of the Future Business Leaders Scholarship,” says Bob Waltos, managing partner of The Waltos Group. “We look forward to the opportunity to mentor him as he continues his studies and ultimately as he achieves the success he deserves.”

The Waltos Group of Northwestern Mutual and Northwestern Mutual Foundation offer the $2,500 scholarship each year to an exceptional sophomore, junior or senior who is pursuing a major or minor degree at The Paul Merge School of Business. The scholarship is designed to fund the winning students’ education and expose him or her to the business world through the student’s interaction with a mentor from The Waltos Group.