From BodyShop Business
The Women’s Industry Network has announced that the scholarship winners for 2015 have been selected. Recipients of the WIN scholarships demonstrate their desire to excel in the field of collision repair and will receive tuition assistance as well as educational opportunities.
The College Student Tuition and Conference Scholarship Award is presented to students enrolled in a post-secondary collision repair technology program. Each scholarship recipient will receive a $1,000 scholarship to continue her post-secondary education in collision repair, a one-year WIN Membership, plus registration fee and travel expenses to attend the 2015 WIN Educational Conference.
This year’s recipients include:
* Shelby Woods attends Southwestern Iowa Community College in Creston, Iowa. Shelby attended two years of vocational classes in high school and has completed her first year in technical school. Her goal is to one day become an insurance adjuster.
* Faith Schoovaerts attends Washburn Tech in Topeka, Kan. While attending Washburn she has become involved in Recycled Rides, a program where students work with licensed technicians to refurbish cars for families in need. Faith’s goal is to work in the collision industry as either a paint sales representative or an estimator.
* Leni Casares attends Lake Technical Center in Eustis, Fla. As a student at Lake Technical School, she serves as a student ambassador. She hopes to become a body technician as she enjoys the hands-on aspect of the profession. Her long-term goal is to own her own shop.
* Claudia Felici attends Texas State Technical College in Harlingen, Texas. Claudia is in her second semester and is planning to complete her training on the refinish side. Ideally, she would like to work at a dealership collision repair center in Rio Grande Valley after graduation.
* Corina Rutland attends Moultrie Technical College in Moultrie, Ga. Corina is the SkillsUSA president for her school. Her short-term goal is to work in a collision shop after graduation with a long-term goal of owning a custom shop.
The High School/College Tuition Scholarship Award is presented to students enrolled in a post-secondary or secondary collision repair technology program. Each scholarship winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship to continue her post-secondary education in collision repair and a one-year WIN membership.
This year’s recipients include:
* Kayla Adams attends Tennessee College of Applied Technology. Kayla is married with two children. After graduation she looks forward to working in the collision repair world and maybe owning a shop someday.
* Maria Carmen Mendez attends the Universal Technical Institute in Sacramento, Calif. Maria is very proud of the fact that she is the first in her family to graduate from high school. Once Maria graduates from UTI, she hopes to work in a body shop as a refinish professional and working her way up to lead painter.
* Jasmine Herrera attends Main East High School with a plan to attend Ohio Technical in the fall. Classic car restoration is her passion. Her immediate goal after finishing her education in classic car restoration is to work her way up to her dream job which is to work for Chip Foose from the show “Overhaulin’.”
In addition to tuition scholarships, recipients will have the opportunity to be mentored by a 2015 Most Influential Women (MIW) Honoree. The MIW awards will be presented at the 2015 Educational Conference May 4-6 in Baltimore, Md., and some scholarship winners will have the opportunity to meet their mentors at that time.
