NEWS RELEASE 08-04
March 20, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
An integral part of the Annual International Women in Aviation (WAI) Conference is the disbursement of scholarship funds to its members. At its just completed 19th Annual International WAI Conference, a total of nearly $700,000 (revised number) was awarded to 60 women and men at its banquet March 15, 2008, in San Diego, California. Women in Aviation, International Scholarships are available to Women in Aviation, International members. For more information about 2009 Scholarships and membership in WAI, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting careers in aviation and aerospace, navigate to www.wai.org.
Throughout the Conference, these scholarships winners were announced and presented:
Airbus A320 Type Rating Certificate Scholarships - $31,000
Awarded to Janine E. Nunes
Airbus Leadership Grant - $5,000 each
Awarded to Barry Hulon Hyde and Elizabeth Scott Fleming
Airline Dispatcher's Federation Scholarships - $3000
Awarded to Yasmina Soria
Airline Ground Schools, Inc. - $3,000
Awarded to Deborah Abingdon
Boeing Company Career Enhancement Scholarship - $2,500 each
Awarded to Dalila Giraldo and Carloyn Otto
Bombardier Lear Jet 31A pilot type rating Scholarship - $22,000 each
Awarded to Kimberley Morris Kelsey and Lydia Bretthauer
Bombardier Lear Jet Maintenance Training Scholarship - $9,360
Awarded to Stephanie D. Bliss
CAE SimuFlite Citation Corporate Aircraft Training Scholarship - $5,000
Awarded to Torea Rodrigues
Cessna "Earn a Private Pilot's Certificate" Scholarship - $7,000
Awarded to Krista Ambats
Cessna Scholarship for Citation Encore Type Rating - $18,800
Awarded to Tina Willman-Hammar
Commercial Airline Pilot Advance Training- Airline/Jet Transition Course Scholarship - $22,495
Awarded to Yuko Haseganwa
Continental Airlines 737 Flight Training Scholarships - $8,000 each
Awarded to Michelle Arcamuzi, Carrie Waring, Wendy Hales Mora and Cecilia Carey
Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation Scholarship - $1,000
Awarded to Jessica Nicole Carter
Delta Air Lines Aviation Maintenance Management/Aviation Business Management Scholarship - $5,000
Awarded to Diane M. Rehfeld, Morgen Anne Stone, Elizabeth Scott Fleming
Delta Air Lines Boeing B737-800 Type Rating Certificate Scholarships - $35,000 each
Awarded to Laurence Elizabeth Bonneau and Patricia Maria Cortez Jameson
Delta Air Lines Engineering Scholarships (Includes Conference Trip) - $5,000
Awarded to Elizabeth Scott Fleming
Delta Air Lines Maintenace Technology Scholarship - $5,000
Awarded to Morgen Anne Stone
Delta Connection Academy Scholarship - $5,000
Awarded to Lindasy Katrine Nesbit
Elisha Hall Memorial Scholarships - Wright Chapter - $1,000
Awarded to Laine D'Augustine
Express Jet Airlines Regional Jet Transition Course - $15,000
Awarded to Branden Tanko and Rachel Fish
FedEx Express Flight Scholarship - $2,500
Awarded to Lisa K DeRosse
FedEx Express Technical Operations Scholarship - $2,500
Awarded to Barry Hulon Hyde
FlightSafety CAPT-WAI Scholarship - $22,495
Awarded to Yuko Hasegawa, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
GAT Wings to the Future Management Scholarship - $2,500
Awarded to Susan Waddas
If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It Scholarship - $500
Awarded to Terry Carbonell
Kathy K. Hodgkins Memorial Scholarship - $1,000
Awarded to Leihan Falley
Keep Flying Scholarship 2008 - $1,000
Awarded to Christy Gavin
Lockheed Martin - $1,000 each
Awarded to April Dawn Phillips, Lauren Lynn Smalkowski and Caitlin Elizabeth Critchfield
New Horizons Memorial Scholarship - $1,000; $300; $300
Awarded to Terri Wolski ($1,000); Renda V. Marsh ($300); and Shaye Dunn ($300)
Pratt & Whitney Maintenance Scholarships - $2,000
Awarded to Stephanie D. Bliss, Amy Kline, Kimberly Luebke
R-W Foundation - $1,000
Awarded to Charli Yvonne O'Malley
Ride the Sun - $500
To Be Awarded Soon
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Type Rating Scholarships - $35,000 each
Awarded to Mami Noguch, Apryl Cauthen, and Kelly Harrington
Spirit of Aviation Scholarship - $1,200
Awarded to Stacy Booker
Telex Flight Training Scholarship - $900
Awarded to Amanda Steele
United Airlines 737 Type Rating Scholarship - $33,000 each
Awarded to Susan Kendrick, Laura Morrison
United Airlines CLR Scholarship
Awarded to: Michelle Bassanesi, Deidre Glaser, Crystal Harris, Jennifer Hunt, Wendy Johnson, Isabelle Maloney, Barbara Mitchell, Amanda Naylor, Erinn Sieben, Diana Sorensen, Michelle Stahl, Jamie Turner, Smantha Wilson
United Airlines Maintenance Scholarhsip
Awarded to: Jennifer Hunt, Susan Wadas
United Airlines Dispatch Scholarship
Awarded to: Alexandra Curto
WAI Washington State Chapter Scholarship - $1,000
Awarded to Monica Nicoleta Dinescu
Women in Aviation Management Scholarship - $1,000
Awarded to Jenna Marie Smith
Women in Aviation, International Achievement Award -$750 each
Awarded to Lauren Lynn Smalkoski and April Dawn April Dawn Phillips
Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship - $2,000
Awarded to Elizabeth Partie
Women Military Aviators - Dream of Flight Scholarship - $2,500
Awarded to ENS Mary Ann Forster, USCGR
Chuck Yeager Foundation WAI Scholarship Award - $1,000
Awarded to Caitlin Elizabeth Critchfield
Also awarded at the WAI Conference were the 2008 AWAM (Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance) Scholarships. AWAM announced and presented the following scholarships:
Abaris Training Scholarship
Awarded to Gisela Munoz, Yoshino Sugita, Elouisa Tanjutco
CAE Simuflite Maintenance Scholarship
Awarded to Irma Medina-Mazon
FlightSafety International's Principles of Troubleshooting
Awarded to Rhonda Lyons
Girard Aviation Maintenance Scholarship
Awarded to Natasha Pelham
Horizon Air's Basic Principles of Troubleshooting
Awarded to Anna Margaret Romer, Yoshino Sugita
JetBlue Maintenance Scholarship
Awarded to Sousan Alexander, Gisela Munoz
Pratt & Whitney Maintenance Training Scholarship
Awarded to Lisa Golden, Michelle Graceffa, Rhonda Lyons, Elouisa Tanjutco, Vanessa Tromm, Susan Wadas
Rice Family's "Helping Hand" Scholarship
Awarded to Natasha Pelham, Jennie Untener, Joshua Hall
Southwest Airlines Maintenance Training
Awarded to Sousan Alexander, Irma Medina-Mazon
"Tools Beneath Your Wings" Honoring Richard L. Waters
Awarded to Diane Rehfeld, Jacob Young (TBYW Special Award), Della Anderson (TBYW Special Award)
Aircraft Technical Book Company Scholarship
Awarded to Reedley College, Reedley, CA
AWAM Student of the Year
Awarded to Brittany England, Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology
AWAM Teacher of the Year
Awarded to Greg Klein, Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown, SD
Women in Aviation, International is a nonprofit 501(C)(3) organization dedicated to providing networking, mentoring and scholarship opportunities for men and women who are striving for challenging and fulfilling careers in the aviation and aerospace industries. For more information about WAI, contact WAI at 3647 State Route 503 South, West Alexandria, OH 45381, Phone (937) 839-4647; Fax (937) 839-4645 or through www.wai.org.
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Contact:
Connie Lawrence
Women in Aviation International
937-839-4647 Phone
937-839-4645 Fax