2 Scholarships in Canada for Women in Engineering
STUDENTS CAN APPLY NOW FOR NEW AMEC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
(August 2006) – Canadian women from across Canada are being invited to apply NOW for two new annual scholarships from AMEC.
AMEC has partnered with the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) to provide the two scholarships for women in engineering beginning this fall.
AMEC is funding the new $10,000 AMEC Masters Scholarship in Engineering and the new $5,000 undergraduate AMEC Scholarship in Engineering for Aboriginal Women. As well, AMEC is ensuring the graduate women will have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience by offering the Masters scholarship recipients summer employment.
Criteria and guidelines are now posted at www.cemf.ca or by calling 1-866-883-2363 for those wanting to apply for the scholarships.
Deadline for applications is October 20, 2006. All applications must be postmarked no later than October 20 to be accepted.
“The AMEC scholarships create opportunities from women in engineering. It’s about investing in their future and helping them fulfill their aspirations to become leaders in their field,” says Michael Jolliffe, Vice President, Government Relations and Communications, AMEC. “We want to attract high caliber women engineering students to apply and use this financial support and summer job opportunity to pursue a career in engineering. Everything is set up and ready to go – we are now ready to move to the next stage of the scholarship process, which is reviewing applications.”
These new scholarships will be awarded based on leadership, extracurricular activities and the applicant's dedication to encouraging more women to enter engineering, rather than academic performance.
“We encourage all universities, WISE clubs and provincial associations and others who are in contact with female engineering students to promote these scholarships to the young women,” says Suzelle Barrington, CEMF President. “Our scholarship winners are recognized as leaders across Canada and are provided with great networking opportunities, job experience and financial support.”
(August 2006) – Canadian women from across Canada are being invited to apply NOW for two new annual scholarships from AMEC.
AMEC has partnered with the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) to provide the two scholarships for women in engineering beginning this fall.
AMEC is funding the new $10,000 AMEC Masters Scholarship in Engineering and the new $5,000 undergraduate AMEC Scholarship in Engineering for Aboriginal Women. As well, AMEC is ensuring the graduate women will have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience by offering the Masters scholarship recipients summer employment.
Criteria and guidelines are now posted at www.cemf.ca or by calling 1-866-883-2363 for those wanting to apply for the scholarships.
Deadline for applications is October 20, 2006. All applications must be postmarked no later than October 20 to be accepted.
“The AMEC scholarships create opportunities from women in engineering. It’s about investing in their future and helping them fulfill their aspirations to become leaders in their field,” says Michael Jolliffe, Vice President, Government Relations and Communications, AMEC. “We want to attract high caliber women engineering students to apply and use this financial support and summer job opportunity to pursue a career in engineering. Everything is set up and ready to go – we are now ready to move to the next stage of the scholarship process, which is reviewing applications.”
These new scholarships will be awarded based on leadership, extracurricular activities and the applicant's dedication to encouraging more women to enter engineering, rather than academic performance.
“We encourage all universities, WISE clubs and provincial associations and others who are in contact with female engineering students to promote these scholarships to the young women,” says Suzelle Barrington, CEMF President. “Our scholarship winners are recognized as leaders across Canada and are provided with great networking opportunities, job experience and financial support.”
CEMF now offers a total of 10 scholarships at the graduate and undergraduate levels for women in engineering. Criteria and guidelines and specific deadlines to apply for each are all now posted on the website at www.cemf.ca.
CEMF was founded in 1990 to develop scholarship and award programs encouraging women to choose a career in engineering and to honour of the memory of the 14 women at École Polytechnique whose contributions to Canada ended on December 6, 1989.
AMEC is an international project management and services company that designs, delivers and supports client assets for customers across the public and private sectors. AMEC employs more than 20,000 people working from a network of offices throughout the U.K., the U.S. and Canada, as well as regional offices and projects worldwide. AMEC has approximately 4,000 employees operating from 74 offices across Canada. Engineering News Record Magazine has ranked AMEC as the No. 1 International Design Firm in Canada.
Please refer to the www.cemt.ca website for further instructions
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