This is really important to me because it opens up opportunities that are not always available.\u00a0 It is truly a great blessing.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\nDilworth was raised by his mother in Detroit, Michigan, and was accepted to Northwood based upon academic merit, without family or dealership connections. During his first year of matriculation, his mother was tragically taken from him. This thrust Dilworth into a very adult situation in which he quickly learned how to provide for himself. Throughout the year, he sought out various projects, volunteer opportunities and jobs on campus, including Northwood\u2019s 2014 phone-a-thon, where he consistently demonstrated maturity for his age and strong leadership.<\/strong> Despite the challenge of losing his mother and having to support himself, Dilworth maintained a 3.0 GPA. <\/p>\n\u201cThe high caliber of the NAMAD scholarship applicants made the selection process very difficult,\u201d said Damon Lester, NAMAD President. \u201cHowever, as his video presentation and letters of recommendation very clearly articulated, Javante embodies what we seek in NAMAD Scholars.\u00a0\u00a0 He maintained a GPA of 3.0 during his freshman year while supporting himself, he consistently demonstrates a strong work ethic and seeks leadership opportunities, and he clearly can persevere in the face of extreme adversity.<\/strong>\u00a0 All qualities that are necessary for a dealer in today\u2019s environment to possess.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cLast year, we brought together NAMAD and Northwood to join us in affecting meaningful progress in one of the most critical industries in America,\u201d said John Pappanastos, President and CEO, EFG Companies. \u201cThrough the selection and endowment of scholars, such as Javante, we plan to bring diverse ideas and the brightest minds to the table so the industry may achieve maximum potential.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cJavante has been a very positive force on campus, and has served as an excellent role model to his student peers.\u00a0<\/strong> He has made it clear that he knows how to not only set goals, but to figure out all possible paths to succeed in achieving them,\u201d said Keith Pretty, President and CEO, Northwood University. \u201cWe fully expect him to leverage this scholarship as he sets ambitious goals to excel in his future career path.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northwood Sophomore, Javante Dilworth Selected Based on Scholastic Merit, Leadership & Fortitude EFG Companies, the innovator behind the award-winning Hyundai Assurance program, together with the National Association of Minority Automobile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,164],"tags":[249,69,313,17,240,201,200,239,196],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-efg-companies","category-featured","tag-damon-lester","tag-efg","tag-efg-companies","tag-john-pappanastos","tag-keith-pretty","tag-namad","tag-national-association-of-minority-automobile-dealers","tag-northwood","tag-northwood-university"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/NAMAD-Scholarship-Recipient-2015.jpg?fit=756%2C250&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hsqu-dm","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efgintelligence.com\/dealershipcorridor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>EFG Companies, the innovator behind the award-winning Hyundai Assurance program, together with the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD), selected Javante Dilworth as the recipient for their Northwood University private donor scholarship.<\/b><\/p>\n