Students from Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Dakota are among the 28 recipients of $1,500-$2,500 scholarships from the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association’s education foundation.
“We are pleased to award scholarships to these deserving students and are happy to assist them in reaching their academic goals,” said Edward Youdell, president of the group’s Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs foundation. “They recognize that skilled manufacturing careers can be rewarding financially and fulfilling personally. The knowledge and skills they obtain will help them be more competitive in the current job market.”
To be eligible, students had to meet grade-point requirements and be enrolled in college engineering or manufacturing-related courses, or attending a trade school with such programs.
These students received scholarships for the upcoming fall semester:
Erin Beaver, Winfield, Pennsylvania; studying welding and fabrication engineering technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology
Drew Berkbigler, Grove City, Ohio; studying combination structural and pipe welding at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
Sam Breese, Madison, Wisconsin; studying automated manufacturing systems technology at Madison Area Technical College
Maria Cantin, Livonia, Michigan; studying welding and fabrication engineering technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology
Jared Conn, Hillsboro, Ohio; studying combination structural and pipe welding at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
Jeremiah Cook, Oceana, West Virginia; studying structural and pipe welding at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
Franziska Daumberger, Sonora, California; studying pre-engineering at Columbia College
James Demas-Moore, Worthington, Ohio, studying structural and pipe welding at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
James Diodato, Madison, Wisconsin; studying machine tooling technics at Madison Area Technical College
Matthew Dusek, Stanley, North Dakota; studying welding at Bismarck State College
Cheryl Gebhart, Becker, Minnesota; studying CNC machine technology at Anoka Technical College
Ben Kirby, Cincinnati; studying combined structural and pipe welding at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
Hannah Kuperus, Hopkins, Michigan; studying mechanical engineering at Kettering University
Cody Majernik, Rogers, Minnesota; studying machine technologies at Anoka Technical College
Aaron Miqueli, Elk River, Minnesota; studying CNC machining/manufacturing at Anoka Technical College
Jacob Paine, Yakima, Washington; instrumentation and industrial automation technology at Perry Technical Institute
John Payton, Troy, Illinois; studying precision machining technology at Southwestern Illinois College
Luke Peterson, Flagstaff, Arizona; studying mechanical engineering at Northern Arizona University
Daniel Pousset, Austin, Texas; studying mechanical engineering at University of Texas at Austin
Emersen Price, Corvallis, Oregon; studying machine tool technology at Linn-Benton Community College
John Provenza Jr., Marysville, Pennsylvania; studying automated manufacturing technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology
Mary Raway, Indianapolis; studying mechanical engineering technology at Ivy Tech Community College
Norman Sabin Jr., Williamsport, Pennsylvania; studying electronic and computer engineering technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology
Robert Staudigel, East Northport, New York; studying welding and fabrication engineering technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology
Abigail VanDuyne, Orion, Illinois; studying mechanical engineering at Iowa State University
Jose Vigil, Albuquerque, New Mexico; studying welding technology at Central New Mexico Community College
William Wadkins, Scottsboro, Alabama; studying machine tool technology at Northeast Alabama Community College
Niles Walter, Chiloquin, Oregon; studying advanced manufacturing engineering technology at Klamath Community College
“The most difficult jobs to fill today are those in the skilled trades and engineering,” added Youdell. “With majors in machine tool and CNC technology, structural and pipe welding, sheet metal fabrication, engineering, and precision machining technology, these students will be prepared for the skilled labor openings that American manufacturers must fill.”
Scholarship winners also received a copy of SolidWorks Corp.’s Student Design Kit CAD software.
