Howard Community College

DEPARTMENTS S TUDE N T S CHOLA RS HI PS S UPPORT S TE M E DUCA TIO N A variety of scholarship awards based on financial need, career goals, and student performance are available to STEM students through the HCC Educational Foundation, including: ❑ Northrop Grumman Scholarship ❑ Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Technology Endowment ❑ Lockheed Martin IT Scholarship ❑ Steven M. Brickman Engineering Scholarship ❑ Harkins Builders Scholarship HCC physical sciences student Christiane Ebongue. ❑ Andrew Bulleri Scholarship W.R. Grace in Germany. "STEM education at HCC was difficult ❑ Constellation Energy Scholarship ❑ Honeywell Endowment I would not be where I am today," he said. ❑ Engineering Honors Learning Student Resources ❑ and challenging, and that prepared me to get through some rough courses at College Park. Without the support I received at HCC, Community Scholarship NSF awarded HCC a $549,000 grant to provide a challenging Minorities in Engineering and supportive scholarship program that prepares full-time, financially eligible students majoring in the sciences for transfer to four-year institutions. NSF scholarships of up to $6,000 are (NACME) Scholars ❑ ❑ Community. "Before I received the scholarship, I would spend at least six hours a day taking buses to get to school and back home," says Ebongue. "This semester, because my scholarship paid for my tuition, my sister and I were able to buy a car – and I Baltimore Biomedical Engineering Technology Society Scholarship Christiane Ebongue, HCC physical sciences major, is an NSF scholarship recipient and participant in the STEM Learning National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarship Program awarded for up to 2 years for participants who are part of the STEM learning community. National Action Council for ❑ Iran Thweatt Endowment ❑ Tech Council of Maryland Scholarship For information call 443-518-1970. can get to school more quickly and spend more time studying." (Continued) Howard Community College Spring 2011 | Pathways 15

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