$382,250 in Scholarships and Awards for Student Engineers and Innovative Educators

Aug. 10, 2010 - PRLog -- DEARBORN, Mich., — Scholastic achievers, who are initiative-oriented with a proven ability to set goals while maintaining commendable grade point averages, are difficult to refuse when scholarship money is desperately needed. For 2010, the SME Education Foundation awarded $382,250 in scholarships and awards ranging from $1,000 to $70,000 to 140 students and educators at 87 colleges and universities in 24 states and two provinces in Canada. The Foundation encourages financial support of manufacturing education programs in the U.S. where there is a desperate need for highly-skilled technical workers.

Said Bart A. Aslin, foundation director, SME Education Foundation, “This funding reflects our determination to advance manufacturing education however possible. These young people have proven themselves to be engaged and intent in their studies and deserve this financial encouragement. And to our legion of donors who continually provide their support, we thank them for their generosity.”

The SME Education Foundation – celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year, has invested over $4.5 million in youth programs, helping over 10,000 young people to explore careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; granted over $4.2 million in scholarships to students studying manufacturing-related programs, and invested $17.3 million in grants to thirty-five (35) colleges and universities to develop industry-driven curricula.

Funding for SME Education Foundation 2010 Scholarships and Awards has been provided by:
                                       
SME Education Foundation Family Scholarship         
SME Directors Scholarship         
Albert E. Wischmeyer Memorial Scholarship         
Alvin & June Sabroff Manufacturing Engineering Scholarship      
Arthur & Gladys Cervenka Scholarship           
Chapter One-Detroit-Founding Chapter Scholarship         
Chapter 4 - Lawrence A Wacker Memorial Award         
Chapter 6 - Fairfield County Scholarship         
Chapter 17 - St Louis Scholarship         
Chapter 23 - Quad Cities Scholarship         
Chapter 31 - Peoria Endowed Scholarship         
Chapter 52 - Wichita Scholarship         
Chapter 56 - Fort Wayne Scholarship         
Chapter 63 - Portland James E. Marrow Scholarship         
Chapter 63 - Portland Uncle Bud Smith Scholarship         
Chapter 67 - Phoenix Scholarship         
Chapter 77 - Denver Scholarship         
Chapter 105 - Memphis Scholarship         
Chapter 93 - Albuquerque Endowment Scholarship         
Chapter 116 - Kalamazoo-Roscoe Douglas Scholarship         
Chapter 198 - Downriver Detroit Scholarship         
Chapter 311 - Tri Cities Scholarship         
Clarence & Josephine Myers Scholarship         
Clinton J. Helton Manufacturing Scholarship         
Connie & Robert T. Gunter Scholarship         
E. Wayne Kay Community College Scholarship         
E. Wayne Kay Co-Op Scholarship         
E. Wayne Kay Graduate Scholarship         
E. Wayne Kay High School Scholarship         
E. Wayne Kay Scholarship         
Edward S. Roth Manufacturing Engineering Scholarship         
Future Leaders of Manufacturing Scholarship         
Giuliano Mazzetti Scholarship         
Joseph F. Novek Outstanding Student Leader Award         
Lucile B. Kaufman Women's Scholarship         
Myrtle & Earl Walker Scholarship         
North Central - Region 9 Scholarship         
Prof. George Schneider, Jr. Mfg Tech Education Scholarship      
Prof. George Schneider, Jr. Mfg Tech Education Award         
Schneider-Bingle Scholarship         
SME Education Foundation FIRSTRobotics         
SME Ford PAS Scholarship         
Walt Bartram Memorial Education Award         
William E. Weisel Scholarship         
         
About the SME Education Foundation:
The SME Education Foundation is committed to inspiring, supporting and preparing the next generation of manufacturing engineers and technologists in the advancement of manufacturing education. Created by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in 1979, the SME Education Foundation has provided more than $31 million since 1980 in grants, scholarships and awards through its partnerships with corporations, organizations, foundations, and individual donors. Visit the SME Education Foundation at www.smeef.org. Also visit www.CareerMe.org, a new website supporting advanced manufacturing careers, and www.ManufacturingisCool.com, an award-winning website for young people.

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