Chair of the AIPG Texas Section Announces Scholarship Awards Selections

Professional Associations, Institutes & Societies

Date posted: 04/02/16

Glen A. Collier, P.G., C.P.G., Chair of the AIPG Texas Section Scholarship Committee announced today that four scholarships have been awarded to the following students ... 2016 Shoemaker Graduate Scholarship ($2,500.00) 1. Anna Mwangi, University of Texas at El Paso, Recommendation by Dr. Laura Serpa, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas 2. William C. Farrell, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Recommendation by Dr. Harold R. Wanless, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 2016 Foss Undergraduate Scholarship ($1,000.00) 3. Sarah P. Gerenday, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Recommendation by Dr. Cin-Ty Lee, Rice University, Houston, Texas 4. Melanie G. Bowen, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Recommendation by Dr. Andreas Kronenberg, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. The awards will be made by a member of the Scholarship Committee of the AIPG Texas Section with a commemorative plaque (and check) presented during each of the above departments graduation ceremonies. Congratulations go to the students listed above for their outstanding performances to date. The AIPG Texas Section members trust that the they will continue to distinguish themselves and their universities in the years to come. We encourage those students who applied, but were not selected this year, to re-submit and update their applications for consideration next year. All applications received this year were from highly qualified students. The Committee reported that the scoring was very competitive. Released by ... Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G. President, AIPG Texas Section http://aipg-tx.org/