Supported by
the Oregon Council of the American Electronics Association, AeA
scholarships are funded by top Oregon companies such as Intel,
InFocus, Merix, DAT Services, Pixelworks, Hewlett-Packard, and
Planar Systems.
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Imagine: You’re an Oregon
high school senior. You’ve just been awarded a prestigious $10,000
AeA Scholarship to study engineering or computer science. You can use
the money to attend any of Oregon’s seven public universities. Where
do you go?
OSU appears to be the overwhelming
first choice. Of the 79 AeA Scholars in the state of Oregon, 64 are studying
at OSU’s College of Engineering.
The AeA scholarships are targeted
at underrepresented ethnic minority and women students from all parts
of the state who want to pursue an education in engineering or computer
science. Supported by the Oregon Council of the American Electronics Association,
the scholarships are funded by top Oregon companies such as Intel, InFocus,
Merix, DAT Services, Pixelworks, Hewlett-Packard, and Planar Systems.
In addition to the $2,500 annual
tuition award, industry sponsors offer scholarship recipients paid summer
internships between academic years, and assign company mentors who provide
real-world advice to the students throughout their academic careers.
Although the scholarships are applicable
for study at any of Oregon’s seven public universities, more than
80 percent of the recipients have chosen to attend OSU.
“It’s a real win-win situation,”
says College of Engineering Assistant Dean Roy Rathja. “Top students
receive assistance with the cost of a quality education, and our industry
partners gain the opportunity to build long-term relationships with some
of our top engineering students.”
The total number of AeA Scholarships
offered to incoming freshmen has almost doubled since the program was
launched just two years ago, indicating that industry is getting behind
the program in a big way, and more OSU engineering students are benefiting.
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