The Louise Fund

The Louise Fund aims to help worthy students from Menard and McCulloch Counties attain a culinary and/or hotel/restaurant management education after graduating from high school. There are multiple (and an expanding number of) options, from four-year university programs to part-time community college classes, and a myriad specialized schools in between. The Louise Fund will select each student reci

pient according to his or her resourcefulness, current situation, intelligence and personality. The Louise Fund Memorial Scholarship is for $2500, payable to the recipients upon admittance into an accredited 2 or 4 year culinary/hospitality arts program. Two overall recipients will be chosen from a pool of applicants from the high schools where the scholarship is offered: currently Menard, Brady, Rochelle and Lohn, Texas. Culinary & Hospitality School Resources:

Culinary:

• www.culinaryschools.org is a resource for general and more specific information on culinary schools in the U.S.
• http://www.culinaryschools.org/us/texas-cooking-schools/ offers Texas-centric information on culinary schools.
• http://www.culinaryschools.org/international/ features information on International culinary schools.
• This website lists general tuition rates for various programs in Texas, although this list is not exhaustive – there are additional programs not on this list: http://culinary-schools.findthebest.com/d/d/Texas.
• Here are links to a few noteworthy culinary schools in Texas:
o http://www.ciachef.edu/texas/
o http://www.culinaryinstitute.edu/
o http://www.chefs.edu/Austin
o http://www.artinstitutes.edu/houston/culinary-802.aspx
o http://www.chefs.edu/Dallas


Hospitality/Hotel & Restaurant Management:

• http://www.educationnews.org/career-index/hospitality-schools-in-texas/- great source for accredited hospitality schools in the state.
• The premier hospitality program in Texas is at the University of Houston: http://www.hrm.uh.edu/.
• Texas Tech also has a highly respected hospitality program: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/nhr/rhim/.