PRESS RELEASE
Vienna VA - March 12, 2024 | The application for the 2024 Randy Rawson Scholarship is now available. Awarded annually, the Rawson scholarships continue to recognize deserving students with technical career aspirations in boiler engineering and fabrication.
For 2024, ABMA is accepting online applications, accessible below. Responses are due May 15.
Named after the former longtime president of ABMA, the scholarship program was created for the Promotion of Careers in Boiler Engineering and Fabrication. A special fund has been set aside to the support scholarship program and is operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. The specific purpose of the Fund is to support post-secondary education and/or training of graduating high school students pursuing careers in the commercial, institutional, industrial or power-generating boiler, combustion and related equipment industry through educational scholarships.
- For more on the life and legacy of Mr. Rawson, click here.
An eligible student must be full-time and is enrolled in or has been accepted by an accredited post-secondary institution of higher learning or similarly-accredited community college, vocational or trade/technical school and has a high school diploma or General Education Development (GED). The applicant must be a relative of an employee of an ABMA member company in good standing or sponsored by an ABMA member company. No applicant for a Fund scholarship shall be discriminated against on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or citizenship.
Required Documentation
Incomplete applications will not be accepted and applications that do not comply with all instructions will be negatively impacted during the review process. Applicants must submit:
- Scholarship Application;
- Complete school-issued high school or college transcript (whichever is applicable);
- Two (2) letters of recommendation from among the following: one should be from an educational institution representative (e.g. high school principal, professor, advisor etc.) and one from an executive at a sponsoring company or individual familiar with the student's community or public service. Parents can be sponsors but cannot offer recommendations;
- Acceptance letter from a nationally or regionally accredited post-secondary college, university, or similarly accredited community college, vocational, trade or technical school. (High School and Transfer Students Only);
- SAT or ACT scores. (High School Students Only);
- Personal Statement.
2023 Scholarship Recipients
Benjamin Clasby – Mechanical Engineering – University of Dayton
Sponsored by Detroit Stoker Company
Garrett Diesing – Mechanical Engineering - University of Toledo
Sponsored by Detroit Stoker Company
Kyla Flanagan – Mechanical Engineering – Abilene Christian University
Sponsored by RENTECH Boiler Systems
Calvin Joyce – Mechanical Engineering – Abilene Christian University
Sponsored by RENTECH Boiler Systems
Nathan Kaesbauer – Mechanical Engineering - University of Iowa
Sponsored by Wabash Power Equipment Company
Benjamin Kamka – Engineering – University of Dayton
Sponsored by Wabash Power Equipment Company
Matthew Perrydore - Facilities & Operations Management – Southern New Hampshire University
Sponsored by RENTECH Boiler Systems
Rexford Shippy – Environmental Engineering – Texas A&M
Sponsored by CECO Peerless
Tyler Shippy - Electrical Engineering - Texas A&M
Sponsored by CECO Peerless
Christopher Twilleger - Electronic System Technology - Wichita Technical Institute
Sponsored by Webster Combustion
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For more information, please click here or contact Tyler Vollmer, ABMA Membership Engagement Manager at [email protected].