Empire Beauty Schools

Empire Beauty Schools, founded in 1948, is the largest cosmetology school in the United States.fact|date=November 2007 The school is headquartered in Pottsville, PA and is one of the city's leading local employers behind D. G. Yuengling & Son.fact|date=November 2007

Empire Beauty Schools recently purchased all of the beauty schools from Regis Corporation, formerly the largest cosmetology school in the United States. [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/inPlayBriefing/idUSIN20070419114314RGS20070419 Regis announces it intends to merge its 51 accredited cosmetology schools with Empire Beauty Schools, Inc.'s 37 accredited cosmetology schools. | Reuters ] ]

Empire Education Group participates in annual fundraising efforts for local charities. In 2007, the company garnered a quarter-million dollars for KidsPeace, headquartered in Pennsylvania. Empire Beauty Schools hosted National Day of Beauty, a one day event in which students discounted hair, skin and nail services and 100 per cent of the proceeds were sent directly to the KidsPeace organization. | [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS155826+28-Jan-2008+PRN20080128 Reuters ] ]

Empire Education Group annually hosts the largest hair and nail competition in the U.S. Empire’s National Competition and Hair Show brings competitors from the school’s 87 campuses, together for the two-day event. Competitors participate in one-hour long events such as Long Hair Evening Design, Ladies Trend Cut and Style with Color and Nail Art Display. Top winners earn educational trips to shadow and learn from industry professionals around the globe. The 2008 first place winners earned all-expense paid trips to Hawaii, Spain and the Netherlands. [ [http://www.empire.edu/press-20080516.html Press Release ] ] , [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4PRN/is_2008_April_17/ai_n25334409

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External links

* http://www.empire.edu - Empire Beauty School homepage