Hi all,
Hope the first days of online fall class are going well for you! I am writing to let everyone know that there is a great scholarship opportunity for students interested in and involved with construction engineering. The scholarship comes from the Beavers Charitable Trust. The award is $5,000 cash (2 awards given) and the award will be made in November. Here are the application particulars:
REQUIREMENTS
- The applicant must have completed an internship (or have an ongoing one) with a construction company that is a member of the Beavers heavy engineering construction association. This is the big requirement – it does limit the applicant pool quite a bit. How do you know if the company you worked for is a member? Check here: http://www.thebeavers.org/company-links (we count Clark as a member since they own Atkinson). I am aware of a number of students who meet this requirement (e.g., Clark, Flatiron, Granite, Stacy and Witbeck, Kiewit, Skanska, Walsh, and more). If you have had an internship with one of these companies, I will find you and get you to enter…so do it voluntarily first. 😉
- The applicant must be in good academic standing. This means not on academic probation and no history of academic misconduct.
- The applicant must fill out an application (shocking) here: https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5925022/2020-Beavers-Charitable-Trust-Scholarship. This application involves you describing and writing about your intern experience (they REALLY want to know how the internship went). So, it takes some time to complete.
DUE DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 11:59 P.M.
QUESTIONS: ASK ME (STMUENCH@UW.EDU)
If you do not know the Beavers and their Charitable Trust (I’m guessing you don’t), they sponsor my professorship and are run by the owners and presidents of the largest and best heavy civil contractors in the U.S. Their Charitable Trust is focused on assisting students entering the heavy construction industry. From my personal experience, these folks, some of the most influential in the industry, care greatly about students and their experience. This scholarship is one of their ways of helping.
Just so everyone is a winner, I will award an electronic Starbucks gift card ($20) to all qualified applicants. Also, anyone who legitimately enters may also be considered for other construction scholarships as they arise. FYI, a number of those arose last year.
Cheers,
Steve Muench
Tom and Marilyn Draeger | The Beavers Charitable Trust Professor
Director, Valle Scholarship & Scandinavian Exchange Program
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Mailbox 352700
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
206.616.1259