A&WMA Student Scholarships, Sponsorships & Awards
GOLDEN WEST SECTION STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
Each year, the Golden West Section Scholarship Committee selects one or more graduate or undergraduate students as recipients of the Golden West Section annual scholarship. The selection is made on the basis of a detailed application including a statement of goals, academic transcripts, research and community accomplishments, and letters of recommendations. In recent years, our Section has offered up to $3,500 in scholarship funding for selected finalists. Candidates attend colleges and universities within the Golden West Section's geographic boundaries. Each of the Golden West Section scholarship recipients also receives a 1-year Student Membership to the International Air and Waste Management Association.
GOLDEN WEST SECTION SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS
The Officers and Board have awarded a 2008 Scholarship Award to Ms. Emily Humphreys a recent graduate of Stanford University's interdisciplinary Earth Systems program. Ms. Humphreys received the President's Award for Academic Excellence her freshman year, and she has played a leadership role in two Stanford campus groups and programs, particularly "GRID Alternatives", a program working to bring the power of solar electricity and energy efficiency to low-income homeowners, and to provide community members with training and hands-on experience with renewable energy technologies. The focus of Emily's coursework at Stanford is on energy and climate change mitigation.
The Golden West Section 2007 Scholarship Award was awarded to Ms. Seema Bhangar, a PH.D student in the Civil & Environmental Engineering program at UC Berkeley. Ms. Bhangar received her Bachelor's degree from Stanford University in Anthropology and Biology in 1998, and the focus of her coursework and research has been on public health-related science.
The Golden West Section plans to provide a scholarship award again in 2009 for students attending colleges or universities in the Section's geographic area. The Deadline for submittal of applications is December 31, 2009.
- A&WMA GWS Graduate/Undergraduate Scholarship Application: Adobe PDF File | MS Word File
INTERNATIONAL A&WMA STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
A&WMA takes pride in supporting the future environmental leaders of our world in research, teaching, engineering, and environmental practice. For more than a decade, the Association has awarded scholarships to the most promising environmental students. To date, 108 scholarships totaling more than $383,750 have been awarded. Full-time graduate students who are pursuing courses of study and research leading to careers in air quality, waste management, environmental management/policy/law, and sustainability are eligible to apply for the 2009/2010 A&WMA Scholarship Endowment Trust Fund. On September 2, 2008 the new & improved online application launched. Scholarship applications have already been submitted for the 2009/2010 school year. Applicants will be advised of results in January 2009. Please check back in September 2009 for next years' scholarship application.
Many A&WMA Sections & Chapters also have scholarship programs in which students may be interested. Details and deadlines vary. Click here for a list of section & chapter scholarship programs. Click here for the Masters and Doctoral Thesis Award application.
If you are interested in making a donation to the A&WMA Scholarship Endowment Trust Fund, please download a Scholarship Donation Brochure, or contact Member Services at 1-800-270-3444 or +1-412-232-3444. Contributions are tax deductible.
STUDENT PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
The Golden West Section of A&WMA is seeking grants or sponsorship of $1,000 to $5,000 for university student scholarships and annual meeting activities, and for updating A&WMA environmental education teaching materials for Grades 6-12 that will be distributed to schools in our region and around the country. Sponsors will have their company identity specifically named in association with the selected activity. Details follow below:
SPONSORING STUDENTS TO PRESENT PAPERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING
In an effort to encourage greater overall participation by students and young professionals, A&WMA has asked each Section to sponsor about five (5) students to attend the Annual Convention & Exhibition. With the support of their professors, the sponsored students will be presenting full Technical Session and/or Poster Session presentations, and will be competing for Student Paper Awards or A&WMA International Scholarship Awards. The total cost for each student attendee is expected to be about $800, including airfare, and the use of local college dormitory accommodations.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDES (EERGs)
Since the early 1990s, A&WMA has offered an environmental science curriculum for teachers and students on the topics of Air Quality and Non-Point Source Pollution Prevention. Each of the two sets of "EERGs" contain instructions for teachers, and a series of 15 environmental science experiments designed to teach scientific principles tailored for children in specific age groups (Grades K-12). An EERG QuickTutor Kit and Presenters Manual are also offered. Sponsored workshops have been held around the country staffed by practicing environmental professionals to demonstrate the lessons and concepts to local teachers and principals. The program has been recognized with seven national awards. Under an earlier grant from the Toyota Corporation, the hardcopy versions of the EERGs for Grades K through 5 were converted to executable PowerPoint files (with lesson attachments) on CD-ROM. At this time, there is an urgent need for grants and/or sponsors to allow A&WMA to hire professional assistance to update the content of the Grades 6-12 Air Quality lesson plans (now about 15 years old). These lessons would also be converted to CD-ROM format. A&WMA's price for distribution of the CD's is now about $15 apiece. This price covers the cost of CD production and attached literature, but not the extra, one-time costs of content updates and CD conversion. The contents of the entire 10 volume set are:
- Air Quality -- Grades K-2;
- Air Quality -- Grades 3-5;
- Air Quality -- Grades 6-8;
- Air Quality -- Grades 6-8 Spanish Edition;
- Air Quality -- Grades 9-12;
- Non-Point Source Water Pollution -- Grades K-2;
- Non-Point Source Water Pollution -- Grades 3-5;
- Non-Point Source Water Pollution -- Grades 6-8;
- Non-Point Source Water Pollution -- Grades 6-8 Spanish Edition; and
- Non-Point Source Water Pollution -- Grades 9-12.
