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!