FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 20, 2008
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
(662) 329-7124
aperkins@pa.muw.edu

MUW Senior Kalich receives culinary scholarship

COLUMBUS, Miss. - Elizabeth Kalich, a senior at Mississippi University
for Women was recently announced as the recipient of the Karp Resources
“W” Culinary Entrepreneurship Scholarship.

The Starkville resident was chosen based on her enrollment as a student
with a culinary entrepreneurship minor, various academic accomplishments
and letters of recommendation.

Applicants were required to submit a comprehensive case study in
response to a business problem provided by Karp Resources. Kalich’s
field research project on the topic of institutional dining at MUW was a
case study with great potential to initiate positive change and
innovation.

She is currently pursuing a bachelor of science degree in culinary arts
with an emphasis in entrepreneurship and will graduate in May 2009.
Kalich interned in Florida at Amelia Island Plantation and hopes to one
day own an on-premise/off-premise catering company in Mississippi.

Karen Karp, founder of Karp Resources, has significant ties to MUW as
she co-wrote the minor degree curriculum in culinary entrepreneurship,
which debuted at the university in 2002. Karp was the first instructor
in the program and taught two classes during its debut semester.

“This scholarship is a great way for me to give back to Mississippi
University for Women and to recognize innovative students and future
culinary entrepreneurs,” Karp said. “Elizabeth is a truly promising
student, and I hope this award helps her to pursue her academic and
professional passions.”

The scholarship, established in 2005, was created by Karp Resources in
an effort to aid an MUW student with a culinary entrepreneurship minor
whose educational future was in jeopardy due to the devastation caused
by Hurricane Katrina. The scholarship has since continued and has opened
up to all MUW students with a minor in culinary entrepreneurship.

Karp Resources is a company dedicated to the successful growth of food
and agricultural enterprises and is founded on two core beliefs and
disciplines--good food is good business and good people are good
business. Karp Resources supports and facilitates innovation in the food
and agriculture industry among five key business sectors--corporations,
government, non-profit, small business and education. For more
information about the company, visit www.karpresources.com.