2006
AWAM SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
AWAM held their annual
Scholarships & Awards breakfast on Saturday, March 25, at the
Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. About seventy people
attended this very exciting event, which is held each year during the
Women In Aviation Conference. This year AWAM had 15 companies
and/or individuals offering 33 scholarships valued at almost
$50,000! Fifty-three scholarship applications were received from
20 hopeful candidates. The following are our lucky 2006
Scholarship winners:
Abaris
Training Scholarship
Susan Holland, Great Oaks
Institute of Technology, Wilmington, OH
Thor Peterson, Portland Community
College, Portland, OR
Sue White, Hewlett-Packard Aviation
Dept, San Jose, CA
AirLog
Imaging
Brenda Hardy, Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
CAE
Simuflite Maintenance Scholarship
Laura Nolan, Southeastern Oklahoma
State University, OK
FlightSafety
International’s Principles of Troubleshooting
Lana West, ACROHelipro Global
Services, Juneau, AK
Girard
Aviation Maintenance Scholarship
Ramona Akelkok, University of
Alaska, Tanana Valley Campus, Fairbanks, AK
Horizon
Air’s Basic Principles of Troubleshooting
Susan Holland, Great Oaks Institute
of Technology, Wilmington, OH
Deborah Potts, Metro Tech, Aviation
Career Campus, Oklahoma City, OK
If You Can
Dream It, You Can Do It (Nicole Cagnolatti “Surprise”
Scholarship)
Rebecca Hopkins, Colorado
Northwestern Community College, Rangely, CO
Heidi Maddock, Aviation Institute of
Maintenance
JetBlue
Maintenance Scholarship
Elizabeth Dixon, Embraer Aircraft
Maintenance Services, Nashville, TN
Nan Jervey,
Self-employed/Entrepreneur
Pittsburgh
Institute of Aeronautics Scholarship
Felicia Nnenna Agubata, Nigerian
Airspace Management Agency, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Pratt &
Whitney Maintenance Training Scholarship
Elizabeth Dixon, Embraer Aircraft
Maintenance Services, Nashville, TN
Susan Holland, Great Oaks Institute
of Technology, Wilmington, OH
Nan Jervey,
Self-employed/Entrepreneur
Anna Romer, Minneapolis Community
& Technical College, Eden Prairie, MN
Lisa Soderquist, Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rice
Family’s “Helping Hand” Scholarship
Rebecca Hopkins, Colorado
Northwestern Community College, Rangely, CO
Anna Romer, Minneapolis Community
& Technical College, Eden Prairie, MN
Southwest
Airlines Maintenance Training
Laura Nolan, Southeastern Oklahoma
State University, OK
Elizabeth Dixon, Embraer Aircraft
Maintenance Services, Nashville, TN
“Tools
Beneath Your Wings” Honoring Richard L. Waters
Brenda Hardy, Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Student
of the Year
Rebecca Hopkins, Colorado
Northwestern Community College, Rangely, CO
Teacher
of the Year
Lisa Soderquist, Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft
Technical Book Company Scholarship
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
We congratulate all of our
scholarship winners and wish them continued success in their future
endeavors. We also want to pass on our best wishes to everyone
who applied for a scholarship, and don’t hesitate to apply again next
year. AWAM is working hard to offer more scholarship
opportunities for next year!
A very BIG THANK YOU goes to
all of our sponsor companies. Your continued support is
invaluable; we cannot do this without you!