American Mold Builders Assn. awards $11,000 in scholarships

The American Mold Builders Assn. (AMBA) announced that the national office of the AMBA awarded $11,000 in scholarship funds for 2010. AMBA chapters awarded an additional $6500 in scholarship funds. Each year the AMBA national awards scholarships from its education fund to the dependants of AMBA member-shop employees.

The National Scholarship winners were:
$1000 to Hattie Nicole Willard, University of Central Missouri, daughter of Gary Steven Willard, engineer at Creative Blow Mold Tooling.

$1000 to John Valvaneda, LaSierra University majoring in Biochemistry; son of John Valvaneda, moldmaker at Harrington Mold.

$1000 to Chason Hancock, North Carolina State University, majoring in Poultry Science, son of Randy Hancock, Accuchrome Tool and Mold.

$1000 to Natalie Rocque, Elmhurst College, Pediatric Nursing, daughter of Donald Rocque, moldmaker at Creative Die Mold.

$1000 to Nathan Parks, North Hennepin Community College, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, son of Wayne Parks, project manager at Mold Tech.

$1000 to Sarah Hendershot, University of Akron, from Colonial Machine.

$500 to Zachary William Thomas, Clarion University, majoring in Math, son of Charles Thomas, engineer, Reddog Industries.

$500 to Stephanie Nicole Baer, Allegheny College, majoring in Biology, daughter of Laurie Baer, office manager at Suburban Tool & Die.

$500 to Phillip D. Bolton, University of Michigan–Ross School of Business, son of Joseph Bolton, GM at Convex Mold.

$500 to Marija Cacovic, Oakland University, daughter of Mark Cacovic, plant manager, Convex Mold.

$500 to Travis Tomaszewski, University of Michigan, majoring in neuroscience/pre-med, son of Ted Tomaszewski, mold designer at Hanson Mold.

$500 to Brittany Wesner, Western Michigan University, majoring in Music Education, daughter of Jeff Wesner, CNC supervisor at Quality Mold & Engineering.

$1000 to Jamie Wooster, Central Michigan University, majoring in Family Study/psychology, daughter of James Wooster of CS Tool & Engineering.

$1,000 to Samantha Aycock, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, majoring in Art/Education, daughter of Roy Aycock, moldmaker at Strohwig Industries.


Chapter Scholarships were as follows:
California:
$500 to Joseph Wierzbowski, Cal Poly Pomona, majoring in Engineering, son of Ron Wierzbowski, sales for Fairway Molds.

Minnesota:
$1000 to Evan Easterela, St. Paul College, majoring in Engineering Technology, son of Eric Easterla, toolmaker at Isometric Tool.

$1000 Jeffrey Rice, Dunwoody College, majoring in Drafting and Design

$1000 to Nick Ask, Wisconsin Tech, majoring in Machine Tooling

$1000 to Timothy Williams, Wisconsin Tech, majoring in Machine Tooling

$1000 to Dale Wilkenson, Dunwoody College, majoring in Drafting & Design

Southwest Michigan:
$500 to Erin Reddaway, Western Michigan University, majoring in Math and Secondary Education, daughter of James Reddaway, moldmaker at Mach Mold.

$500 to Sara Schamltz, Lake Michigan College, Business Management, daughter of Mike Schmaltz, moldmaker at Accu-Die & Mold.

Congratulations to each of these deserving students! We wish them the best in their endeavors.