This year’s Scholarship Awards Ceremony and March Masquerade event, held at the historic Aztec Theatre, proved to be the NACE Foundation’s most successful event yet! The Scholarship Awards Ceremony, sponsored by BP, recognized 36 outstanding students with 46 scholarships – the most scholarships ever awarded by the NACE Foundation in a single year!
Following the awards ceremony, fan-favorites Emerald City Band lit up the CORROSION stage again, while attendees hit the dance floor adorned in colorful and lively masks. Thanks to the support of our Signature Sponsor, Nalco Champion; Titanium Sponsors, DNV GL and Sherwin-Williams, as well as our other sponsors, the Foundation raising more than $75,000 to support its programs and scholarships!
The NACE Foundation would like to thank everyone who had a hand in making this event a success, as well as congratulate the deserving scholarship recipients for 2014:
NACE Foundation Academic Scholarship
John Andreiuk, University of Alberta
Nathaniel Sutton, University of Akron
Thalia Wells, University of Western Ontario
Jodie Yuwono, Monash University
Graduate Student Book Award
Saba Navabzadeh Esmaeely, Ohio University
Jing Ning , Ohio University
Andrea Sanchez, University of South Florida
Blake Whitley, Colorado School of Mines
Ruifeng Zhang, Monash University
MTI Bert Krisher Memorial Scholarship
Zackary Lerch, University of Akron
David Waligorski, University of Akron
Hans Schmoldt Scholarship in Cathodic Protection
Ana Bacco, University of Akron
Mark Miller Memorial Scholarship
Zackary Lerch, University of Akron
NACE Eastern Area Scholarship
Stephen Callow, University of Akron
NACE Sandia Mountain Scholarship
Paige Stevens, Colorado School of Mines
NACE Detroit Section Scholarship
Zackary Martinez, Central Michigan University
NACE Philadelphia Section Liberty Bell Scholarship
Katie Legenski, Pennsylvania State University
Maria Tortorelli, Drexel University
NACE Past Presidents Scholarship
Mary Cole, University of Akron
Sutine Sujittosakul, Cal Poly Pomona
PPG Protective and Marine Coatings Academic Scholarship
Kaitlyn Martin, Colorado School of Mines
Azra Turajlic, Louisiana State University
Gordon Rankin Corrosion Engineering Scholarship
Stephen Callow, University of Akron
Sam Conner, University of Akron
CIMA-TQ Scholarship
Lizeth Sanchez Camacho, Universidad Industrial de Santander
Tinker & Rasor –Latin American Area Scholarship
Silvia Villalba, Universidad Industrial de Santander
NACE Foundation–Williams Companies Academic Scholarship
Travis Voorhees, Cal Poly Pomona
Lee Magnon Memorial Scholarship
Kaitlyn Martin, Colorado School of Mines
NACE Foundation-Lee Magnon Memorial Scholarship
Paige Stevens, Colorado School of Mines
MJ Schiff Fellowship Fund
Zack Gentry, Cal Poly Pomona
Theodore D. Harrington Scholarship
Sutine Sujittosakul, Cal Poly Pomona
BP-NACE Foundation Scholarship
Ana Bacco, University of Akron
Paul Krell, University of Akron
Zackary Lerch, University of Akron
Nathaniel Sutton, University of Akron
David Waligorski, University of Akron
Carboline-NACE Foundation Scholarship
Ian Coleman, University of Akron
Hans Meyer, University of Akron
Sean O’Brien, University of Akron
Kyle Platt, University of Akron
Jacob Sines, University of Akron
Mears Group-NACE Foundation Scholarship
Caleb Carpenter, University of Akron
Joshua Geyer, University of Akron
Feby Mathew, University of Akron
John Nnyanzi, University of Akron
Matthew Wachowiak, University of Akron
2014 Scholarship Recipients Photo Gallery:
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