The Society of American Military Engineers, Hampton Roads Post intends to award multiple $500 - $2,000 scholarships to Engineering, Architecture, Interior Design and Construction Management Students for the 20010-2011 school year. 

Applicants must be enrolled, or planning to enroll, in a full-time undergraduate Engineering, Architecture, Interior Design or Construction Management degree program at an accredited college or university in the fall term of 2010. Applicants who have earned an undergraduate degree or who are enrolled in a graduate degree program are not eligible. All applicants must also have a minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 basis) to be eligible to apply. The minimum GPA requirement applies to both high school and college students. No scholarship will be awarded for those pursuing an associate; second undergraduate or graduate school degree. Students attending a community or junior college must be enrolled in a program of studies designed to allow the student to transfer directly into a four-year program. Applicants who receive an appointment to one of the U.S. Military Academies (or affiliated preparatory schools) or are awarded a full scholarship at any accredited U.S. post-secondary institution of higher education are not eligible to receive funds from this program. A full scholarship is usually defined as one that provides for payment of tuition, books, lab fees, and other related expenses.  An ROTC scholarship is considered a full scholarship.

There is no requirement for the student or parent to be part of a SAME Post.  However, preference will be given to students who are members of a SAME Student Post or whose parents, guardians, or sponsors are members of SAME.  Sponsors must provide a letter of recommendation as part of the application package.  For a list of sustaining member companies, and student SAME applications please refer to our website (http://posts.same.org/hamptonroads/). 

Our intent is to target scholarship awards to Hampton Roads high school students and college students attending College / Universities throughout Virginia; however this is not a requirement and The Post reserves the right to offer scholarships to any qualified candidates.

Application forms are available here:  

High School Student Application

College Student Application

The scholarship application evaluation criteria are attached as an appendix to the application form.  The completed application, including transcripts, must be postmarked no later than 26 March 2010. Applicants must submit the original signed application and transcript as well as 4 complete copies. Mail submissions to:

Hankins and Anderson
Attn: Ms. Christine Tsai, PMP
5712 Cleveland St., Suite 200
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
c.tsai@haengineers.com

This year’s Hampton Road’s Post scholarship application window closed on March 27, 2009 with an incredibly talented and competitive group of students vying for an award. Our evaluation process, which typically targets local High School students or current college students at universities throughout Virginia, always considers every application, looking for the most qualified applicants.

The Hampton Roads Post awarded scholarships in the amount of $2,000.00 to ten students, totaling $20,000.00 in awards! Each student was recognized at our Post luncheon on June 17, 2009.

Scholarship recipients for the 2009-2010 school year included:

High School Students

• Dylan Berns – Princess Anne High School
• Kevin Boeh – Peninsula Catholic High School

College Students

• Rachel Bek – VA Tech College of Architecture
• Matthew Cavano – VA Tech College of Engineering
• Rebecca Cook – VA Tech College of Architecture
• Laura Harris – VA Tech College of Engineering
• Mitchell Hubbell – Hampton Univ College of Architecture
• Allison Joiner – ODU College of Engineering
• Jacob Lambeth – VA Tech College of Engineering
• Craig Pearson – VA Tech College of Engineering

SAME Hampton Roads Post 2009-10 Scholarship winners (from left to right): Jacob Lambeth, Allison Joiner, Dylan Berns, Kevin Boeh, Rachel Bek, Rebecca Cook, and Mitchell Hubbell. Not pictured are Craig Pearson, Matthew Cavano and Laura Harris.

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Last updated: 10/22/2009.