Scholarship
Program Summary
Each year, SWE-GGS awards a number of scholarships to young Bay Area
women graduating from high school and going on to pursue degrees in engineering
and other related degrees. Our section has one of the top five scholarship
programs as ranked against other SWE sections across the nation, awarding
more than $20,000 each year to local students.
Application Process
Applications for this year will be sent to Bay Area high schools in January
and are due back on April 02, 2010. The application form and additional details are available
by clicking on the link below.
Click here for FY10 Blank Scholarship Application
(Microsoft Word Format).
Please note, page 1 of the application will be updated to correct the
banquet date, when available.
Applications are judged on a set of diverse criteria that seeks to find highly qualified and well-rounded individuals with serious commitment to pursuing engineering as a profession. Applications are evaluated on:
- Scholastic achievement (G.P.A.)
- Activities
- Work experience
- An essay by student
- Reference letters (2) from teachers, counselors, employers
- Transcripts
- Completeness of application (Due April 2, 2010)
Selected students are notified of a scholarship award in mid-spring and receive recognition at the annual Golden Gate Section banquet typically held on a Thursday evening at the UC Berkeley Faculty Club.
Scholarship Donations
Funds for scholarships are raised from corporate and member donations and from fundraising activities. If your company would like to make a contribution to this year's fund, please contact our Scholarship Chair. Donations can also be sent to the following address:
Society of Women Engineers
Golden Gate Section
2625 Alcatraz Avenue PMB 356
Berkeley, CA 94705
Attn: Scholarship Chair
The following corporations and individuals have generously donated to our program in the past:
* Autodesk
* Bechtel Group Foundation
* The Bechtel Foundation
* BP Foundation Matching Funds
* Bruce Duncan
* CH2M Hill
* East Bay Municipal Utility District
* Erler & Kalinowski, Inc.
* Feng Wen
* Homestake Mining
* Hratch Kouyoumdjian & Associates
* Komendant Engineering
* Laura Douglass and Joe Croco
* Lucy Gebhart
* Lynn Powell Assa
* MFT Consulting Engineers
* MHW
* Oracle Corporation
* Pegasus Engineering, Inc.
* Ruth Gordon
* Space Systems/Loral
* Standard Iron & Metals Co.
* Sybase, Inc.
* Treadwell & Rollo
* T.Y. Lin International
* URS Corporation
* Vicki Wagner Solomon and Shelby Solomon
Special thanks to Dan Holmes for sponsoring SWE's use of our scholarship banquet facility.
Our biggest fundraising activity is our annual T-shirt and Silent Auction held in March each year. For more info on this year's auction, see News and Events.
List of Scholarship Winners and Schools
2009 Click here to see the 2009 recipients --> Pictures available!
2008 K. Cham, Chemical Engineering, Arroyo High School, San LorenzoC. Chan, Chemistry, Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep, Daly City
A. Crow, Computer Science, Woodside High School, Woodside
M. DeAvila-Shin, Mechanical Engineering, Oakland Technical High School, Oakland
A. Duenas, Bioengineering, St. Helena High School, St. Helena
C. Fertino, Bioengineering, Roseland University Prep, Santa Rosa
A. Fong, Environmental Engineering, Alameda Science and Technology Institute, Alameda
A. Lilinoe, Mechanical Engineering, Casa Grande High School, Petaluma
K. Louden, Civil Engineering, Windsor High School, Windsor
J. Louie, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, Burton High School, San Francisco
K. Schroeder, Civil Engineering, Terra Linda High School, San Rafael
L. Shumaker, Mechanical Engineering, Analy High School, Sebastopol
Click here for pictures from the 2008 Scholarship Banquet
2007
M. Alvarado, Electrical Engineering, Oakland Technical High School, Oakland
Y. Blyakherova, Chemistry, Lowell High School, San Francisco
C. Bowman, Architecture or Biology, Tomales High School, Tomales
A. Cansanay, Electrical Engineering, El Camino High School, South San Francisco
L. Cooke, Mechanical Engineering, Terra Linda High School, San Rafael
Z. Docena, Engineering, Lowell High School, San Francisco
M. LeRoy, Civil Engineering, Maria Carrillo High School, Santa Rosa
J. Olson, Engineering, Middletown High School, Middletown
K. Onibokun, Mathematics, Encinal High School, Alameda
E. Partlan, General Engineering, Westmoor High School, Daly City
K. Roland, Engineering/Architecture, Oakland Technical High School, Oakland
A. Shi, Biomedical Engineering, San Marin High School, Novato
M. Sol DeForrest, Mechanical Engineering, Marin Academy, San Rafael
L. Suen, Chemical Engineering, Mills High School, Millbrae
A. Veldkamp, General Engineering, Maria Carrillo High School, Santa Rosa
H. Wells, Electrical Engineering, Justin-Siena High School, Napa
Pictures From the 2007 T-Shirt And Silent Auction
Pictures from the 2007 Scholarship Banquet
2006
L. Aarreberg, Middletown High School, Middletown
E. Baker, Burlingame High School, Burlingame
N. Barr, Redwood High School, Larkspur
K. Chan, Saint Ignatius College Preparatory School, San Francisco
D. Dang, Skyline High School, Oakland
S. Davis, Middletown High School, Middletown
K. Fountaine, Montgomery High School, Santa Rosa
A. He, Lowell High School, San Francisco
V. Lau, Abraham Lincoln High School, San Francisco
S. Lee, Oakland Technical High School, Oakland
X. Liu, Mission Senior High School, San Francisco
K. Ransford, Healdsburg High School, Healdsburg
C. Widjaja, Hercules High School, Hercules
L. Worster, Albany High School, Albany
2005
J. Beaudoin, Analy High School, Sebastopol
H. Chow, Terra Nova High School, Daly City
J. Doyle, Oakland Technical High School, Oakland
K. Galindo, Vintage High School, Napa
W. Gu, Albany High School, Albany
M. Lew, Lowell High School, San Francisco
C. Lim, Westmoor High School, Daly City
D. Quach, Encincal High School, Alameda
C. Reed, Middletown High School, Middletown
C. Schubert, Healdsburg High School, Healdsburg
A. Whitson, Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley
L. Wu, Oakland High School, Oakland
2004
T. Dinio, Salesian High School, Richmondo
C. Dorow, Casa Grande High School, Petaluma
M. Everidge, Sonoma Valley High School, Sonoma
S. Falley, S.R. Martin College Preparatory, San Francisco
J. Lan, Lowell High School, San Francisco
L. Lautze, The Urban School, San Francisco
S. Leong, Lowell High School, San Francisco
W. Matteson, Sonoma Valley High School, Sonoma
J. Revelli, The College Preparatory School, Oakland
K. Romer, The College Preparatory School, Oakland
2003
H. Tuason, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco
A. Jefferds, Albany High School
A. Reichardt, Lowell High School, San Francisco
M. Castillo, Immaculate Conception Academy, San Francisco
N. Cheng, Aragon High School, San Mateo
K. Michaelis, San Ramon Valley High School, Danville
J. Lehrman, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco
M. Banwait, Rancho Cotate High School, Rohnert Park
A. Hannah, S.R. Martin College Preparatory, San Francisco
F. Chiu, El Cerrito High School
D. Ortiz, Berkeley High School
J. Wong, Piner High School, Santa Rosa
N. Sanchez, Rancho Cotate High School, Rohnert Park