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.

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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 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!

2009 Dassault Falcon Jet Scholarship Winner

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!