The Jim Moss Memorial Scholarship, named for the founder of Truck Parts & Service, has been awarded to Jacqueline Hower, a Senior working towards her B.A. in the Automotive Aftermarket Management Program at Northwood University.
Hower began her college education in 2005 at Penn State University, but left before graduation in order to work in her family business, Zimmerman’s Automotive. She has since worked her way up to director of operations. In 2016, she enrolled in Northwood’s University’s Aftermarket Management Program and plans to complete her degree in May 2018.
“The automotive aftermarket has been in my blood since the day I was born,” Hower says.
Her family’s automotive business will be celebrating its 60th year in business in 2018. She explains that growing up, her family didn’t push her into the family business, and she felt free to pursue whatever career she wanted.
“After high school, I studied business for two years, but decided my family’s business was my calling. I left college to pursue management within the company. In 2016, I found out about the Aftermarket Management Program at Northwood. So far, I have very much enjoyed my classes,” she says.
Hower’s career goals include gaining ownership of Zimmerman’s Automotive and leading it into new ventures.
“Our world is ever-changing and if we do not change with it, we will fall behind. Some ventures will work and others will not, but we cannot succeed without failure. This scholarship will help me afford the education that will not only help me with my career, but also help me further our company,” she says.
