HELP OUR STUDENTS LAURA MILES, B.S. ’13 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
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A. JAMES CLARK SCHOLARSHIP PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORP. SCHOLARSHIP GLENN L. MARTIN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP
Laura “Liz” Miles equates her scholarship assistance to freedom—freedom to participate in extracurricular activities that have enriched her academic experience. Miles has been an active member of the Clark School chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a nonprofit that partners with disadvantaged communities worldwide to improve lives through sustainable engineering projects. She helped lead an EWB project to construct a bridge that could withstand the rainy season in the small Ethiopian town of Addis Alem. “After planning on paper for 18 months, it was rewarding and life changing to travel to the site and get the work done,” explains Miles, who helped to
Scholarships and fellowships are among the most meaningful ways to support the Clark School. Many donors are motivated to give back to the school in return for the scholarship assistance they once received, or to help ensure a steady supply of highly trained engineers for their companies. In addition, scholarship and fellowship support relieves the financial burden of financing a college education for students and their families; makes the Clark School a more attractive option for highly recruited students; and ensures a mix of diverse students who enrich the educational experience with their multiple perspectives and backgrounds.
CLARK SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS LEAD THE WAY In 2005, a revolution was launched when A. James Clark, B.S. ’50, chairman and chief executive officer of Clark Enterprises, Inc. and the man for whom the Clark School is named, committed $30 million to undergraduate scholarships–the school’s single largest fund for student support. As Clark noted in a previous issue of E@M, “What we are seeing today is an unbelievable transformation in the excellence of education and the quality of the student body at the Clark School. These scholarships will help many potential engineers who could not afford an education and will attract many of the nation’s finest students to the Clark School.” (See related story, p. 4.) A. James Clark Scholarship recipient Javier Vandeyar, B.S. ’14, major in chemical engineering and minor in sustainability, met Clark at a recent JAVIER VANDEYAR
collect building materials and construct the bridge deck. As a recipient of the L-3 Communications Scholarship—a new model for corporate support— she receives not only funding but opportunities for
THOMAS M. LI: GIFTS TO THE THOMAS AND
an internship and even employment at the company.
CRISTINE LI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND RON AND KAREN LOWMAN: GIFTS TO THE DEAN’S FUND AND KIM BUILDING FUND
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