WCA Career Scholarship Program Announcements:
2010 Women in Corporate Aviation International Scholarship
Women in Corporate Aviation is offering an international scholarship in the amount of $1000. This scholarship is open to all international (non-US) aviation students pursuing careers in Corporate Aviation. The award will take place at European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland May 4-6. This scholarship will be awarded on the basis of merit and commitment to chosen career in aviation.
WCA International Scholarship
Applicant must provide the following information in an email and attach two letters of recommendation. Please send application information to WCA Scholarship.
Full Name:
Home Address:
Work/School Address:
Cell/Home Phone:
Email Address:
*Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV)
*500 word essay - Focused on how this scholarship will help your career or pursuits in aviation.
*If applicable, attach copies of all aviation licenses & medical.
Strong Applicants will be those:
*Working towards career in aviation. (Please include details in essay.)
*Enrolled in an aviation related program.
*Working toward a pilot career, the applicant must hold a private pilot's certificate
*Working as mechanics, managers, flight attendants, dispatchers, etc. all in corporate aviation.
Applications must be
postmarked by Saturday April 3, 2009 to be considered.
(Scholarship value $1,000)
WCA promotes the interests of the corporate and business aviation industry,
and those interested in a career in corporate aviation. The organization
provides networking and educational forums for aviation professionals
and students. The scholarship is funded from within the organization in
a desire to foster and promote men and women’s success in the business/corporate
field of aviation. WCA is sponsored by numerous business aviation industry
leaders and is open for individual and corporate membership.
For more information about WCA or to donate towards our scholarship program
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2010 Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship
The Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship is offered by the members and sponsors of Women in Corporate Aviation to any man or woman pursuing professional development or career advancement in any job classification of corporate/business aviation. The award must be used toward a specific program of education. Suggested uses include (but are not limited to): Flight training, dispatcher training, maintenance training, corporate flight attendant training and upgrades in aviation education. The award cannot be used for general business course work. Scholarship will not be awarded to previous winners of Women in Corporate Aviation scholarships. If you are currently enrolled in school, please submit school transcripts. If you are a pilot please submit copies of pilot licenses, medical and logbook pages with your application.
(Scholarship value $2000)
All scholarships, unless otherwise noted, will be awarded during the 21st Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, to be held at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort on February 25-27, 2010.
Applications must be postmarked by November 20, 2009.
Here’s the link to the Scholarship page:
WCA Scholarship Page
Here’s the link to the Scholarship guidelines:
WCA Scholarship Guidelines
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2009 Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship Winner
Women in Corporate Aviation Announces Dassault Falcon Scholarship Winner
Women in Corporate Aviation, International (WCA) is pleased to announce the Annual WCA/Dassault Falcon scholarship ($1,000) to Rachel Lynch. Rachel was awarded the scholarship during the annual WCA meeting and reception Friday, February 26th 2010.
For many young people, the thrill of airplanes and air shows is exhilarating. But Rachel’s first air show at the age of six was more than a simple thrill. As she watched the pilots soar a question arose, “People actually do this?” It wasn’t until Rachel completed her first solo cross-country that she could turn that question into a personal statement, “I actually do this.”
Through a teacher’s encouragement, Rachel decided that financial uncertainty shouldn’t be a hindrance to pursuing her interests, so Rachel took action and earned her private pilots license. She later enrolled at Lewis University where she obtained her instrument rating, and is currently working to earn her commercial pilot certificate. Rachel has been described as “an exceptional flight student” who is becoming a professional pilot in every sense of the title. Her professional work ethic is displayed as she pursues her academics and flight training, while also working a part-time job. Yet, Rachel’s pursuit of her dreams does not stop with her academics. Her commitment and loyalty to her career and to others is displayed in her active involvement in her school’s WAI chapter, serving as past vice president and current secretary.
Rachel intends to further her career by obtaining her multi-engine rating and the flight instructor certificate. She envisions herself instructing in a college setting and continuing her education, leading to a career as a corporate pilot.
The Dassault Falcon WCA Scholarship is sponsored by the Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial assistance for a man or woman who is pursuing a career in business or corporate aviation. More information about other scholarships available through Women in Corporate Aviation is available at the WCA website www.wca-intl.org
2010 Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship Winner
Women in Corporate Aviation Announces 2010 WCA/WAI Career Scholarship Recipient
Women in Corporate Aviation, International (WCA) is pleased to announce the presentation of the Women in Aviation (WAI) Career Scholarship to Katrina Avery. Katrina will receive a $2,000 scholarship, a one-year WCA Membership and a complimentary registration to the 2010 WAI conference in Orlando, FL where the scholarship will be presented.
Katrina’s spark for adventure drew her to EAA AirVenture and the Women Soar program. Through the influential example of women within the aviation industry, her passion for aviation was ignited. Following AirVenture, Katrina earned her private pilot certificate at a local college and then chose to pursue her passion through Minnesota State University’s (MSU) Professional Flight program. In addition to her academics, Katrina was actively involved in numerous extracurricular activities including MSU’s swim team, Alpha Eta Rho, President of the Regional Flight Team planning committee and MSU’s WAI chapter to name a few. During the summers, Katrina was involved in various facets of aviation working as a junior mentor and planning committee member for Women Soar and counselor for FAA and Aviation Career Exploration camps. She has interned with aircraft brokerage companies Alaris Aviation and Gobosh Aviation out of a continual hunger to learn.
Throughout Katrina’s adventures she’s continually excelled in her flight training and academics. As a graduating senior, she completed her initial Multi-engine instructor rating and earned a 3.81 GPA. The WCA scholarship will afford Katrina the opportunity to pay it forward as a pilot within a corporate aviation flight department as she, “gives others the opportunities she has so graciously been given.”
The purpose of the WCA Career Scholarship is to help a man or woman who is pursuing any job classification in corporate/business aviation. Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarships have helped many people get their careers in Business Aviation “off the ground.” Our congratulations and best wishes, Katrina Avery.
2009 Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship Winner
Women in Corporate Aviation Announces Third 2009 WCA Career Scholarship Recipient
Women in Corporate Aviation, International (WCA) is pleased to announce the presentation of this year’s third Career Scholarship to Rachel Denise Thomas. Rachel will also receive a one-year WCA Membership. The award will be presented during the WCA Networking Reception, October 21, 2009 at the NBAA’s 62nd Annual Convention.
Thomas earned her private pilot certificate in 2001 and has steadily gained additional certificates and ratings. For a year, Thomas worked as a ground instructor and developer of in-house training materials for a regional airline. Despite personally bearing the effects of company downsizing, Thomas sought to prevail by earning a Cessna Citation 500 type-rating. Together with her work as a Corporate Flight Attendant, she is flying as a Cessna Citation 500 Contract Pilot in Orlando, FL. The WCA Career Scholarship will assist Rachel in achieving her immediate goals of increasing her flight time and experience by obtaining her CFI and CFII certificates.
Rachel’s scholarship application addressed the need of financial support that hinders so many who are aspiring to succeed in the aviation industry stating, “The grandest ambitions are often tempered by insufficient financial resources. Until I’m soaring skyward, I’ll need all the help I can get to get off the ground!” The purpose of the career scholarship is to help a man or woman who is pursuing any job classification in corporate/business aviation. Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarships have helped many get their careers in Business Aviation “off the ground.”
Our congratulations and best wishes to the 2009 WCA Career Scholarship recipients: Rachel Thomas, Rachel Gibson, and Jamie Melton.
2009 Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship Winner
The
2009 Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship, a $2000 cash
award, was awarded to Ms. Jamie Melton at the
2009 Women in Aviation conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Jamie is
a high school student from Apple Valley, Minnesota. She plans
to attend Minnesota State University Mankato this fall to major
in Professional Flight.
Over the past two years, in addition to earning her Private Pilot
Certificate, she organized her own internship at an Air Traffic
Control Tower, attended a leadership camp at Oshkosh, participated
in her high school band and student council, volunteered with
Toys for Tots, the Sheriff’s Office, the Juvenile Diabetes Walk,
the women's shelter, the Twin Cities Marathon and has continuously
worked at JoAnn Fabrics to earn money for flying. In one of her
letter's of recommendation Detective Kulvich said that Jamie "Is
a smart, honest, hard working young woman of outstanding integrity
and moral character."
Congratulations Jamie!
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2009 Dassault Falcon Jet Scholarship Winner
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The 2009 Dassault Falcon Jet Scholarship award is a one-thousand
dollar cash award donated by Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation.
This year's winner is Heather Hanna, a college
graduate who is attending flight school at Delta Connection Academy
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In addition to a full-time academic
and flight training load, she works full-time as a Flight Attendant
for Jet Blue Airlines. By December of this year she plans to have
earned her Private, Instrument, Multi-Engine and Commercial ratings.
She is President of her Alpha Eta Rho chapter and a former finalist
in the Miss South Carolina Pageant.
Congratulations Heather!
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