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Detroit Ceramic Tile Contractors Association announces 2017 scholarship winners

Detroit Ceramic Tile Contractors Association 2017 scholarship winners

Top Image: From left: Bob Michielutti of Michielutti Bros. Inc.; Kurt Von Koss of the Great Lakes Ceramic Tile Council; Ron Capp of Wolverine Stone Co.; Joe Maiuri of Shores Tile Co.; Frank Fazi of F.D. Berardino Tile Inc.; award-recipient, Breanna Scranton; Karl Daubmann of the Lawrence Technological University; Jack DiGiovanni of Eldorado Tile & Marble; Martin Schwartz of Lawrence Technological University; and Phil Bianchini of Empire Tile Co.

Bottom Image: From left: Bob Michielutti of Michielutti Bros. Inc.; Ron Capp of Wolverine Stone Co.; Kurt Von Koss of the Great Lakes Ceramic Tile Council; award-recipient, Albert Sachteleben; Frank Fazi of F.D. Berardino Tile Inc.; Jack DiGiovanni of Eldorado Tile & Marble; Joe Odoefer of the University of Detroit Mercy; Joe Maiuri of Shores Tile Co.; and Phil Bianchini of Empire Tile Co.

March 8, 2017

DETROIT, MI -- The Detroit Ceramic Tile Contractors Association (DCTCA) awarded this year's DCTCA Scholarship at the association's annual cocktail party at Club Venetian in Madison Heights on February 10.

This year's winners are Breanna Scranton from Lawrence Technological University and Albert Sachteleben from the University of Detroit Mercy. Also in attendance at the presentation were Karl Daubmann, Dean of the School of Architecture at Lawrence Technological University; Martin Schwartz, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Architecture at Lawrence Technological University; and Joe Odoefer, Associate Dean and Professor of Architecture at University of Detroit Mercy.

The scholarship is funded by an annual golf outing that is hosted by the DCTCA. The event is sponsored and attended by some of the largest tile contractors and suppliers in southeast Michigan. This year's DCTCA Golf Outing takes place on July 25, 2017 at Bay Pointe Golf Club in West Bloomfield, MI.

The DCTCA is a non-profit trade association dedicated to the promotion, advancement, education and training of the southeast Michigan unionized residential and commercial ceramic tile industry. For more information, head to www.dctca.com.

KEYWORDS: ceramic tile continuing education

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