DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
P.O.
PRINS. MEMO NO. 03
January 23, 2007
ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE/SECONDARY
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TO: |
Principals |
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FROM: |
Linda M. Wallinger Assistant Superintendent for Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Engineering
2007 Scholarship Program |
American
Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Virginia is inviting high school
divisions to help identify students interested in pursuing a career in
engineering for the Engineering 2007 Scholarship Program. This scholarship is in conjunction with the
Jamestown 2007 Commemoration of 400 Years of Engineering America.
A
minimum of five $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school
seniors planning to enter the engineering profession. The scholarship will be sent directly to the
school the student will be attending in the fall of 2007.
Applicants
for the Commemoration Scholarships must:
be
graduating from a
plan
to pursue a career in engineering;
enter
a college or university in September 2007; and
have an average 2.5 cumulative GPA (on a scale of 4.0)
or better as of December 2006.
To apply
students must:
fill
out the application in its entirety; and
write an essay on the following topic: What is the most
important engineering feat that has promoted discovery?
The
criteria for judging the scholarship are as follows:
knowledge
of subject matter and historical accuracy (50 points);
use
of supporting evidence including examples, descriptions, analogies and data (25
points); and
grammatical conventions including use of language,
spelling, punctuation, and capitalization (25 points).
The
essay is limited to two 8 x 11 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font with one-inch
margins. The applications are available
at http://www.engineering2007.com.
Deadline for the application and essay
is March 30, 2007. The application and
essay should be mailed to:
Engineering 2007 Scholarship
c/o ACEC
If
you have any questions about the scholarship, please contact ACEC Virginia at
(804) 673-0868; or Joseph Wharff, school counseling specialist,
Office of Middle and High School Instruction, by e-mail at Joseph.Wharff@doe.virginia.gov,
or telephone at (804) 786-9377.
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