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Since 2001 a major
focus of SWE-LV has been to distribute scholarships for high school senior women
who intend to major in engineering at their respective college or university.
Scholarship funds are provided by area businesses and all of the work for
administration of the program is provided by SWE volunteers.
Applicants must
reside in areas with zip codes beginning 177-187 and 195-196, which includes
over 20 counties in Pennsylvania. Evaluation is based on academic achievement,
extracurricular and leadership activities, a recommendation, and an original
essay A one-time award of up to $5,000 can be granted to the successful
applicants.
The awards process
starts in mid-November when applications are available. Completed applications
are due by mid-February. Announcement of the recipients is made in April and the
awards banquet is held in May.
Applications are
available here:
SWE_LV_Scholarship_Application_2012.doc.
If this does not download properly, right click, and “save as” on your desktop.
Make sure the file extension is .doc. Applications can also be obtained from
your high school guidance counselor.
Refer to this site
for updates on the current year deadline dates.
Questions can be referred to the
Scholarship Committee at:
swelvscholarship@swe.org
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SCHEDULE FOR 2012 |
DATE |
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Application Deadline - must be
postmarked |
10-Feb-2012 |
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Notify scholarship recipients |
9-Apr-2012 |
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Scholarship banquet |
6-May-2012 |
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THANK YOU to our
Corporate Scholarship
Sponsors for FY09-FY11
* Air Products and
Chemicals, Inc.
Bosch Rexroth Corp.
* Brenntag North
America, Inc
Buckeye Pipeline Co.
Carpenter Technology
Corp.
Conectiv
East Penn
Manufacturing Co., Inc
* Essroc Cement Corp.
FirstEnergy Corp.
GEO Specialty
Chemicals
Keystone Consulting
Engineers, Inc.
LaFarge Cement
Monarch Precast Concrete
Corp.
* Lutron Electronics Co.
* The Pidcock Co.
* PPL Corporation
* These contributors
have scholarships named
in their honor
Sponsorship form:
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here for .PDF
Document
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