{"id":18,"date":"2018-06-04T16:41:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.allcovered.io\/northeasttennessee\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2021-12-15T17:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:47:53","slug":"scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northeasttennessee\/scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18\" class=\"elementor elementor-18\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69a9d17f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69a9d17f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-309a5919\" data-id=\"309a5919\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d0114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4d0114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scholarships<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43fbb81a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43fbb81a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The American Welding Society Foundation awards over $2 million annually for education and training in welding and related fields!<\/strong><\/p><p>Students in the Northeast Tennessee Section may be eligible for the following scholarships:<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>National, District, and Section Scholarships &#8211; Deadline March 1st for the following fall term<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/national-scholarships#Sections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Scholarships<\/a><br \/><\/strong>For students pursuing a specific degree at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university. Scholarships range from $3,000 &#8211; $5,000+.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/district-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District Scholarships<\/a><br \/><\/strong>A minimum of $15,000 is available in each of AWS&#8217;s 22 Districts for students pursuing a degree or certificate in a welding or welding-related program. Scholarships typically range from $1,000 to $2,500+.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/section-named-and-district-named-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section and District Named Scholarships<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nancy C. Cole Scholarship (District Named Scholarship)<\/strong><\/p><p>Nancy Cole served as AWS President in 2013. Prior to forming her own company, NCC Engineering, Mrs. Cole was program manager and contract manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, where she was awarded three patents. At ABB Combustion Engineering, she developed welding electrodes, fluxes and flux-cored wires. She served as chair of the AWS Technical Activities Committee, Fellows Committee and C3 Brazing and Soldering Committee. She has received the AWS Honorary Member Award, the Dr. Rene Wasserman Award and the McKay-Helm Award and is an AWS Fellow.<\/p><p>This scholarships is for a female student pursuing a Certificate, Associates or Bachelors in a welding or related program. There is a preference for a student from the Northeast Tennessee Section.<\/p><p><strong>District 8 Women of Gases &amp; Welding Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p>Founded in November 2011, the Women of Gases &amp; Welding (WGW) has a mission to enhance the success of women in the gases and welding industry through advocacy, recruitment, and professional development. Functioning as a committee within GAWDA (Gases and Welding Distributors Association), WGW designs professional development programming for women at national conferences and engages sponsors to support programming and scholarships for women.<\/p><p><strong>Jimmy Walker Sr.\/Saf-T-Cart Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p>This scholarship is for a student who is enrolled in the Welding Program at Coahoma Community College.<\/p><p><strong>Gary Enders Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p>This scholarship was established by nexAir in honor of Gary Enders.<\/p><ul><li>Priority is for a welding student at Moore Tech College of Technology \u00a0(aka William R. Moore College of Technology)<\/li><li>If no applicants from Moore Tech, then the scholarship may go to a applicant from District 8, with preference for the West Tennessee Section<\/li><li>Students may be pursuing a certificate, Associates Degree, or Bachelor\u2019s Degree<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/welder-training-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Welder Training Scholarship<\/strong><\/a><br \/>For students seeking welder training in a certificate program less than two years in length through a trade school, community college, or other facility providing welder training. Each District has a minimum of 25 &#8211; $1,000 scholarships to award.<\/p><p>Applications are accepted January-November and selections are made on a rolling basis until the District awards the designated funds for the year.<\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Apply for AWS Foundation Scholarships at <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.aws.org\/applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scholarship.aws.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b3f2c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b3f2c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The American Welding Society Foundation awards over $1.5 million annually for education and training in welding and related fields!<\/strong><\/p><p>Students in the Columbus Section may be eligible for the following scholarships:<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>National, District, and Section Scholarships &#8211; Deadline March 1st for the following fall term<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/national-scholarships#Sections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Scholarships<\/a><br \/><\/strong>For students pursuing a specific degree at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university. Scholarships range from $2,000 &#8211; $6,000+.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/district-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District Scholarships<\/a><br \/><\/strong>A minimum of $10,000 is available in each of AWS&#8217;s 22 Districts for students pursuing a degree or certificate in a welding or welding-related program. Scholarships typically range from $1,000 to $2,500+.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/section-named-and-district-named-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section and District Named Scholarships<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>AWS Columbus Section Scholarship<br \/><\/strong>The AWS Columbus Section Scholarship is endowed with the AWS Foundation and generates more than $11,000 annually. Awards are given to students pursuing careers in Welding, Welding Technology, and Welding Engineering. Please see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awssection.org\/uploads\/columbus\/files\/Columbus_Section_Scholarship_Rules-v1.pdf\">rules document<\/a> for eligibility requirements and other information. The deadline is March 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/p><p><strong style=\"font-size: 14px\">Ed Cable\/Bug-O &#8211; District 7 Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">This scholarship is sponsored by Bug-O Systems to honor Mr. Cable, and is for a student pursuing a certificate or degree in welding or a related field with an interest in welding automation or mechanization. The student must be full time with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and have an interest in welding automation or mechanization.<\/p><p><strong style=\"font-size: 14px\">District 7 Women of Gases &amp; Welding Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Founded in November 2011, the Women of Gases &amp; Welding (WGW) has a mission to enhance the success of women in the gases and welding industry through advocacy, recruitment, and professional development. Functioning as a committee within GAWDA (Gases and Welding Distributors Association), WGW designs professional development programming for women at national conferences and engages sponsors to support programming and scholarships for women.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/welder-training-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Welder Training Scholarship<\/strong><\/a><br \/>For students seeking welder training in a certificate program less than two years in length through a trade school, community college, or other facility providing welder training.<\/p><p>Applications are accepted January-November and selections are made on a rolling basis until the District awards the designated funds for the year.<\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Apply for AWS Foundation Scholarships at <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.aws.org\/applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scholarship.aws.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholarships The American Welding Society Foundation awards over $2 million annually for education and training in welding and related fields! Students in the Northeast Tennessee Section may be eligible for the following scholarships: National, District, and Section Scholarships &#8211; Deadline March 1st for the following fall term National ScholarshipsFor students pursuing a specific degree at&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northeasttennessee\/scholarships\/\"><span>Read More<\/span><i>&#43;<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scholarships - AWS Northeast Tennessee Section<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northeasttennessee\/scholarships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scholarships - AWS Northeast Tennessee Section\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scholarships The American Welding Society Foundation awards over $2 million annually for education and training in welding and related fields! 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