SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION UPDATE - USAWOA
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SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION UPDATE
22 September 2015
Scholarship Foundation Announces 2015/2016 AwardsBy CW5 (Ret) Gary NiskerPresident and CEOUSAWOA Scholarship Foundation
The USAWOA Scholarship Foundation (USAWOASF) Selection Committee spent a long hard afternoon and evening working on Monday, 20 July 2015, and completed review of the applications we received for scholar-ships this cycle. As we reported last month, we are able to fund 12 $1,500 scholarships – with additional $500 book scholarships awarded to each of the three Allnatt Memorial Scholarship winners this year, based on the availability of funds.
I want to thank CW5 Joachim Consiglio, CW2 (Ret) Gerald Wentworth, CW4 (Ret) Harold Looney, and CW4 (Ret) Jack Du Teil – for their service in evaluating and scoring the applicants. This is not a simple task and it grows in complexity each year, as the submissions become more detailed.
In addition to all of our generous Chapters and Members, I would also like to reiterate USAWOASF’s thanks to the following benefactors of our Foundation: Corporate Partner PenFed; the anonymous donor, who set up the RAO Freedom Scholarship; the Heavy Metal ICU; and the Above the Best Silver Chapter (ATBSC).
On behalf of the foundation, I would also like to thank Corporate Partner Peter Radvanyi, of Radvanyi Wealth Management, for his investment advice and assistance with USAWOASF donated funds. Between this and the continued generosity of our Members and partners, our Warrant Officer kids truly benefited this year. A
The USAWOA Heavy Metal ICU Scholarship
winner is:
BritneyNicole Rush
Daughter of CW3
(Ret) Michael J.
Rush. Britney
plans to attend
the University of
Oklahoma, Edmond,
OK, majoring in
Forensic Science.
The USAWOA RAO Freedom Scholarship
winner is
Carolyn Joan O’Hara
Daughter of (LTC Ret) Patrick H. O’Hara III (a former Warrant Officer). Carolyn plans to attend East Carolina University, in Greenville, NC, majoring in Exercise Physiology.
The USAWOA Pentagon Federal
Credit Union (PenFed) Scholarship winner is:
Erica Anne Benoit
Daughter of CW4
Cheryl Benoit. Erica
plans to attend
Hendrix University in
Conway, AR, majoring
in Environmental
Studies with a double
major in Spanish.
The USAWOA CW4 (Ret) Calabrese
Memorial Scholarship winner is:
Katherine Mary OBrion
Daughter of CW5
(Ret) Allen W.
OBrion. Katherine
plans to attend Troy
University, majoring
in Nursing.
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Ebony Zakiya King
Daughter of CW4 Maxine Cudjoe. Ebony plans to attend Howard University in Washington, DC, majoring in Chemistry.
William Lucas Lacher
Son of CW2 (Ret) William Eric Lacher. William plans to attend the University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, majoring in Music, with a concentration in Jazz Studies.
Denali Katherine Roberts
Granddaughter of CW4
Lloyd Christensen. Denali
plans to attend Utah
Valley University, Orem,
UT, majoring in Pre-Med.
The USAWOA Foundation Scholarship winners are:
Jalyn Rose Anderson
Daughter of both CW5 (Ret) James Anderson and CW5 (Ret) Marilyn Anderson. Jalyn plans to attend North Central University in Minneapolis, MN, majoring in Education: Communication Arts and Literature.
Timothy Justin Bacskai
Son of CW4 (Ret) Jeff
Bacskai. Timothy plans
to attend The American
Musical and Dramatic
Academy in New York
City, NY, majoring in
Musical Theater.
Alexandria Renee Buess
Daughter of CW3 James
Buess. Alexandria plans
to attend Northern Arizona
University in Flagstaff, AZ,
majoring in Biomedical
Science.
Shannon Margaret Draper
Daughter of CW2 James
F. Draper. Shannon plans
to attend Central Michigan
University in Mount
Pleasant, MI, majoring in
Pre-Physician Assistant,
Psychology.
Maria Angelica MartinezDaughter of CW5 Angel
Martinez, Jr. Maria plans
to attend George Mason
University in Fairfax, VA,
majoring in Environmental
Science.
The USAWOA Allnatt Memorial Scholarship winners are: