BOOTHBAY HARBOR — Elise Perkins of Auburn was awarded a scholarship by the Maine Innkeepers Association Education Foundation, affiliated with the Maine Innkeepers Association, at a dinner at Fisherman’s Wharf Inn as part of MEIA’s fifth annual Tees and Textbooks event. Greg Dugal, executive director of MEIA, made the announcement..

Perkins, a student of Endicott College in Beverly Mass., was awarded the Charlie Keegan Award of $500 by Barton Brass of Turkish Towels, who sponsored the award. 

Perkins is enrolled in the hospitality administration program at Endicott and is doing a summer internship at Spa Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth. She has worked at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch in Auburn in sales in the past. She hopes to work in spa management in the future. 

The scholarship program was created in 1984 to inspire and support Maine students pursuing careers in hospitality.

For more information on the foundation, call the Maine Innkeepers Association at 865-6100 or e-mail [email protected].