Category: Scholarships

2018 Goodell Scholarship

The Northwest Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers annually awards a scholarship to recognize the unselfish contributions to the civil engineering profession made by Mr. Harvey Goodell, a notable Northwest Branch leader and member. One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded this year.

Applicants must have permanent residence within one of the following counties within the Northwest Branch geographical area: Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Iron, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Rusk, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vilas, or Wood.  Applicants must have completed, or will complete in the present semester/quarter, at least one full academic year of study in the engineering curriculum. Applicants must be attending, or plan to attend in the following semester/quarter, one of the following ABET accredited engineering institutions: University ofWisconsin – Madison, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin – Platteville, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minnesota State University – Mankato, Michigan Technological University, Marquette University, or Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Application materials and additional information is available on the ASCE Northwest Wisconsin Branch website at: www.ascewinw.org/scholarships/
Applications are due May 31, 2018

The Women and Minorities STEM Scholarship Program

Apply Now! Accepting Applications through June 1^st

Atkins, a Member of the SNC-Lavalin Group is proud to carry on the tradition of assisting minority students in completing their higher education programs through the Women and Minority STEM Scholarship Program.

Eligibility: The program is available to female students and students of African American, Asian, Pacific Island, Native American, Native Alaskan or Hispanic descent. In addition, applicants must be:

• A US Citizen or Permanent Resident
• A Junior or Senior, full-time, day-time student at an accredited and approved college or university.
• Enrolled in contiguous fall and spring semesters, carrying a minimum of 12 credits and earning a minimum 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) each semester.
• Working towards a baccalaureate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) with at least 60 credits of college work prior to the submission of the application.

Scholarships of $2,000 are awarded for the fall and spring semesters to qualified students.

Upon meeting the program criteria, scholarship recipients are selected through a competitive process. A local selection committee composed of Atkins technical Leaders will choose the recipient.

Atkins is very excited to have the opportunity to provide this scholarship. Please find our application here.

• Be a college sophomore (30 hours or more satisfactorily completed), junior, senior, or be seeking an advanced degree at a fully accredited institution, with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
• All applicants must be sponsored by a member organization of APTA.

OHM Advisors is committed to the academic success of women and minority students. That is why we offer a Scholarship that awards $1,000 to qualified women and minorities that are currently enrolled or planning to enroll in a STEM program or other field of practice of OHM Advisors. We want to encourage eligible students to apply prior to each academic year. The Scholarship may be awarded to students for multiple years, and will require students to re-apply each year.

Requirements: 

• Woman or minority as defined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Program (African American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian or Pacific Islander, Multi-racial)

• Open to high school senior through college junior

• Must be currently enrolled or plan to enroll in a STEM Program or other field of practice of OHM Advisors the following academic year

• Cumulative average grade of a B (3.0 GPA) at the time of application is beneficial but not mandatory

Application Form

Please see links below for information on the following scholarships:

2017-18 ASCE Southeast Michigan Branch – 18th Annual Student Scholarship Competition

ASCE Michigan Section – Engineering Scholarships for Civil Engineering Students

Outstanding College Student Engineer of the Year Scholarship recognizes an undergraduate student who has best distinguished him/herself in the engineering and scientific communities.  The winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship

 Click on the links above for more information.

Do you qualify?

At this point, Minnesota residency is still required for our scholarships for At-Large schools. The Minnesota Surveyors and Engineers Society (MSES) provides many scholarships, up to $2,000 each per year to students who will be juniors or seniors in Civil Engineering in the next academic year.

Applicants are expected to have a career interest in transportation. Job examples might include working for:

• governmental agencies (DOT’s, counties, cities, etc.),
• private engineering firms providing transportation related services (consultants),
• materials suppliers for the transportation industry,
• working for contractors or construction companies who build transportation facilities, etc.

Your work could be in any of the broad-based specialty areas that support transportation like:

• geotechnical engineering
• water resources/hydraulics
• transportation planning
• structural engineering
• roadway design
• environmental engineering
• ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems
• pavement design
• other related fields

See attached scholarship application for more information.  Deadline is Feb 26.

Scholarship Application 2018-19

The following scholarship is for college students in the environmental field of study:

• John P. Hennessey – $2000 to a current college Undergrad or Graduate student pursuing a course of study leading to a career in Wastewater Treatment or in some other aspect of the water environment field

More information can be found here: https://www.mi-wea.org/hennessey.php.

Application Deadline: February 1st