UI College of Mines and Earth Resources To Offer Pair of New Scholarships
Friday, April 21 2000
April 20, 2000^^CONTACT: F.H. (Sam) Froes, Department of Metallurgy, Mining, Materials and Geological Engineering, (208) 885-7989, marlanem@uidaho.edu or Chad Cain, University Communications and Marketing, (208) 885-6567, cmcain@uidaho.edu ^^MOSCOW-The University of Idaho's College of Mines and Earth Resources has obtained funding for two new annual academic scholarships designed for students who are studying powder metallurgy.^^The college plans to award both scholarships to students in its Department of Materials, Metallurgy, Mining, and Geological Engineering (M3GE) for the 2000-2001 academic school year, said F.H. (Sam) Froes, M3GE professor and director of the Institute for Materials and Advanced Processes.^^The Clayton Family Scholarship, valued at $4,000 annually, was awarded to UI by the Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology, a Princeton, N.J.-based organization that promotes the research and study of powder metallurgy. UI is one of only five universities nationwide to land scholarship money from the organization. ^^"This is another indication of the broadening of the materials program at UI and the recognition of this program on a national level," Froes said.^^Funds for the second scholarship have been committed by Western Sintering, a Richland, Wash.-based powder metallurgy company that has agreed to provide $1,000 annually to a student who will work closely with the company, likely on an internship basis. This scholarship may be augmented with additional money from the college's existing Zeigler scholarship award fund. ^^Qualified applicants for either scholarship must be either juniors or seniors, in good academic standing, write a one-page essay on conventional powder metallurgy and be interviewed by the selection panel which will include a representative from Western Sintering.^^--30-- cc-4/20/00 MIN^
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