Rolls-Royce promotes engineering education in the USA
Article Type: From: Industrial and Commercial Training, Volume 41, Issue 4
Rolls-Royce has promised $120,000 to establish a multi-year engineering scholarship program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Designed to support undergraduates in engineering, the program will fund scholarships for qualified students majoring in four-year engineering programs at the institute.
Beginning this year, Rolls-Royce scholarships will be offered to two undergraduates – rising sophomores or juniors who meet rigorous academic and other eligibility criteria defined by Rolls-Royce and the institute. Those selected will receive $5,000 in annual scholarship support in each of their sophomore, junior and senior years, as long as the recipient remains in good standing with the institute, maintains at least a 3.0 grade point average and demonstrates good progress toward completing his or her degree program.
John W. Gill, executive vice-president, human resources in north America,said: “Rolls-Royce has a long history of developing engineering skills around the world. Here in the USA, numerous Georgia Tech graduates have helped Rolls-Royce to become the global business it is today.”
“As a major employer, it is important to help to develop expertise for the future. Creating a new Rolls-Royce scholarship program at Georgia Tech furthers our support for engineering education and honors the exceptional engineering undergraduates at this important, nationally-recognized university.”
Professor Robert Loewy, who chairs the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech, said: “Rolls-Royce is a leading aircraft-engine and power-systems provider worldwide. The close relationship we have is highly valued by all of us and plays an important role in the development of our graduates.”
The program will run until spring 2013. Georgia Tech’s Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL), at the School of Aerospace Engineering, will oversee the selection process in consultation with Rolls-Royce.
