Alaska

ISA Alaska Section Scholarship

The ISA Alaska Section plans to award scholarships, including the Tom Quimby Memorial Scholarship.  These scholarships will be awarded for the 2022/2023 academic year to students enrolled in an undergraduate or technical program preparing for a technical career.  Students in engineering, electrical technology, instrumentation technology, process technology, and/or other closely related fields are especially encouraged to apply.

Requirements

Applicants must have been enrolled as a student during the 2022 Spring Semester in an accredited university, college, or technical school, and must be in an engineering or technical trade curriculum. The applicant (or applicant’s sponsor) must be a current member of ISA.  Join ISA today.   www.isa.org

Applications are to be submitted via e-mail to:  caroline@pobox.alaska.net

by midnight Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

 Application Requirements

• Provide applicant’s complete name and contact information (mailing address/phone number).
• Include brief Letter of Introduction, defining interests and career objectives.
• Provide the name and address of the educational institution you are enrolled or registered for the Fall 2022 Semester.
• Provide the degree program in which the applicant is officially admitted.
• Include Unofficial Transcript. (Minimum 2.6 GPA)
• ISA Member Name. (if different than applicant, explain relationship)
• Provide the ISA Membership Number.

 

Selection

The ISA selection committee will meet in September of 2022, to review applications.  All applications that provide all required documents specifically including a letter of introduction, demonstrating interest in a technical career, will be included in the pool from which the selection committee will choose the scholarship recipients.

 

The scholarship funds will be sent directly to the student.  One payment will be made during the fall semester, 2022, and a second payment will be made at the start of the spring semester, 2023, provided the student maintains the minimum grade point requirement. Prior to the second payment disbursement, the recipient must send an updated unofficial transcript to an ISA contact below, in order to verify academic progress.

 

Please direct all questions to:

James Neeley   jneeley@epsinc.com

Or Rick Germaine   rlgermaine56@gmail.com

And copy in  caroline@pobox.alaska.net 

Alaska ISA section hosts presentation (with CE credits available):
The presentation will begin at 11:30 am last until 12:30 pm leaving time for questions.
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