Bowling Green, Ky. - Amanda Trabue, former coordinator of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving for the Western Kentucky University Alumni Association, is among 10 recipients of the Professional Development Scholarships from the National Education Alumni Trust (NEATrust) for 2005. Trabue is now the director of development for the Gordon Ford College of Business at Western Kentucky.

Scholarships were awarded in January to allow recipients to attend the professional development conference of their choice. By providing the means for alumni professionals to participate in these conferences to expand their knowledge and skills, the NEATrust benefits the alumni associations and ultimately the institutions of its members.

The NEATrust, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1972 as the New England Alumni Trust, provides insurance products to constituents of member associations. As the organization grew over the years to include alumni associations across the country, it became the National Educational Alumni Trust in 1990. Today, more than 140 alumni associations comprise the NEATrust. NEATrust insurance plans and programs are administered and marketed by American Insurance Administrators, Inc., a USI Affinity company.

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For more information, contact Hillary Hawranko, (614) 340-6140.

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