Society of Plastic Engineers

Upper Midwest Section

Application for Founders Award

 

 The Founders Award is designed to highlight the best of the Upper Midwest Section�s future plastics professionals.� Candidates must be:

�      Member of the Upper Midwest Section in good standing

�      Full-time student

�      Enrolled in a graduate program

�      Demonstrate interest in the plastics industry by majoring in a course beneficial to a career in plastics and attendance at SPE events

�      Must be in good academic standing

�      GPA better than a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

�      Submit a (minimum of) three-page statement containing

o   why you are applying for the scholarship

o   your qualifications, and

o   how your study of plastics will contribute to your immediate and/or long-range career goals.

�      Three recommendation letters

o   Two from teachers and/or school officials

o   One from an employer or non-relative working in the plastics industry

�      A demonstration project

o   White Paper with hypothesis and data to support findings, or

o   Working prototype of a

�      Plastic Material, or

�      Equipment

�      Molding, or

�      Compounding

�      A completed application form

 

All submissions received prior to (or having a postmark date by) 5:00 p.m. CST on the "submission date," will be reviewed by the Upper Midwest Section Scholarship Committee.� If a winner is identified, they will be notified by e-mail and invited to an SPE event where the recipient will receive a $1,000 (USD) scholarship award and a certificate.

 

Submissions should be made to:

by E-mail: thomas.mcnamara@thermotech.com

 

by courier:  Thermotech

                    Attention: Tom McNamara

                   1302 South Fifth Street
                   Hopkins, MN 55343-7877