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Scholarships!

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Hey there Timmy, do you like studying and having someone else pay for it? Well then, drop your lead based paint and check out these fine scholarships. The full details will be sent out to the mailing list in the “External Opportunities” email.

  1. CEMF Scholarships For Women in Engineering

The Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) is offering five $5,000 scholarships for female undergraduate engineering students, one for each region in Canada; Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario (that’s you!), Prairies, and British Columbia. The scholarships are targeted towards young women across Canada who are proven leaders, active volunteers, and act as mentors to other young women to encourage them to pursue a career in engineering.

CEMF is also offering three $10,000 scholarships to women enrolled full-time in an accredited undergraduate program at a Canadian University in any field of engineering who have an interest in mining, metallurgical or related field and hope to use their engineering expertise to work in the Canadian mining industry.

The deadline for applications is January 13 2012. For more info and details, visit www.cemf.ca.

  1. 3M National Student Fellowships

The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) is honouring up to ten college and undergraduate university students who have demonstrated qualities of outstanding leadership and who embrace a vision where the quality of their educational experience can be enhanced in academia and beyond. Each of the winners will receive a $5,000 award to be spent at the discretion of the winner, and be invited to join other award winners and the Program Coordinator at the annual STLHE conference.

The deadline for applications is January 7 2012. Visit www.stlhe.ca/awards for full details.

  1. PEO-GRC First Year Scholarships

Professional Engineers Ontario – Grand River Chapter (PEO-GRC) is awarding a $500 scholarship to each of the two students:

-In the first year of an engineering program at the University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, or Conestoga College.

-Have attended high school in the Grand River Chapter area.

Preference will be given based upon extra-curricular activities, community service and interest in pursuing a career in engineering as a licensed Professional Engineer.

Deadline for applications is October 31, 2011. A copy of the application can be found at http://grandriver.peo.on.ca/

Again, all the details will be on the “External Opportunities” email.

And that’s all I have, for now.

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