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Twenty-two Students Awarded ACT Endowed Scholarships

By January 7, 2014January 8th, 2019No Comments

Bryan Griswold speaks at the dedication ceremony of the ACT, Inc. Math & Science Pavilion

Twenty-two current students have been awarded ACT Endowed Scholarships for the 2013-14 academic year. The scholars’ areas of study range from Paleontology to Biomedical Engineering, totaling 16 different STEM focuses among them. The awarded students have an average GPA of 3.63. This is the third year in which ACT Endowed Scholarships have been awarded.

In August 2010, ACT, Inc. contributed $2 million to the Kirkwood Foundation to establish the ACT Endowed Scholarship Fund. The scholarship is awarded to students pursuing studies and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas, identified by many Corridor business and industry leaders as crucial to the strength and economic growth of Iowa and the Midwest.

Pre-Engineering student Bryan Griswold spoke at the dedication ceremony of the ACT, Inc. Math & Science Pavilion, named such on November 14, 2013. ACT’s past CEO, Richard Ferguson was in attendance for the event, and ACT’s current CEO, Jon Whitmore spoke at the ceremony.

Kirkwood President Mick Starcevich praises the long, wide-ranging partnership between Kirkwood and ACT. Since 2005, Kirkwood has been a partner with ACT in implementing the National Career Readiness Certificate/Iowa Career Readiness Certificate, with 145 employers involved in the region. More than 3,000 certificates have been awarded to individual employees since the program’s inception at Kirkwood. The NCRC/ICRC is a national and state system, a comprehensive employment tool that links qualified individuals with employers who recognize the value of skilled job applicants and employees.

Kirkwood Vice President of Resource Development Kathy Hall said, “The full tuition scholarships provided by ACT help our students succeed. By reducing financial barriers and allowing the recipients to focus on their educational goals, the ACT scholarship program at Kirkwood will result in growing numbers of students from all backgrounds who are better prepared for STEM-related careers.”

For more information, visit www.kirkwood.edu/foundation/scholarships.