November 2, 2011
International Announces 2011 Scholarship Winners
37 Boilermaker dependents earn awards totaling $50,000
THE BOILERMAKERS' International Executive Council scholarship committee announced the winners of its 2011 scholarship program this past April. The committee awarded $50,000 to 37 scholarship recipients, with $36,000 being allocated to U.S. applicants and $14,000 to applicants from Canada.
The one-year grants included three $3,000 awards, seven $2,000 awards, and 27 $1,000 awards. The committee selected scholarship recipients from among a pool of 142 Boilermaker dependents in their senior year of high school. Applicants were judged based on their academic achievements, leadership skills, participation in extracurricular activities, and performance on a 300-500 word essay on this year's topic; "Soaring Profits, Stagnant Wages, Insensitive Downsizing and Layoffs - Is Corporate Greed Destroying the Middle Class?"
The children of Canadian members who were awarded $2,000.00 each are:
Alaina Ann Younge, daughter of Faron J. Younge, Local 203
Katharine Desmond Beaulieu, daughter of Pierre Beaulieu, Local 128
Amber Rae Bilecki, daughter of Brian Bilecki, Local 555
Carissa Paige Kohut, stepdaughter of Jeff Olson, Local D575
Celine Marie Morais, daughter of Ken Morais, Local 73
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