Nicole Baum wins $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Scholarship

A childhood case of insomnia resulted in the development of a jewelry company and now a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Award for Nicole Baum, a junior studying marketing and international business at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business.

Baum recently received one of four Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards in a competition sponsored by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund for students who "have the potential to become future leaders in the apparel business."

"It was one of the best nights of my life," Baum said of the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Dinner in New York City where the top scholarships were announced. "I was really proud to be standing up on stage with the other three finalists who were fashion design majors from some of the best schools in the country." The other finalists attended the Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons The New School for Design and Philadelphia University.

The competition and awards dinner also provided Baum with professional networking and internship opportunities with some of the top firms in the fashion industry.

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