Naval Helicopter Association Scholarship Fund NHA Scholarship Fund and the 2022 Selection Slate By CAPT Arne Nelson, USN (Ret.) President (NHA LTM #4 RW#- 13762)
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wo years ago, I shared an anecdote regarding the three essential crisis action steps of senior Naval leadership. Maybe you remember the Pentagon’s three-envelope turnover gouge (blame, reorganize, prepare three envelopes). This past year, the NHASF leadership skipped envelope 1 (blame) and went right into step two. With our newly reorganized Scholarship Committee, we prepared for the 2022 selections, leaving the regional presidents to recommend regional award winners and a “Functional Committee” to select active-duty personnel and military spouses. In March, the NHA Board of Directors approved the slate. The general comment coming out of the selection boards was that our 2022 pool of 50 eligible applicants was highly competitive. We are proud to announce the awardees for the 2022 NHA Scholarship Fund (see column to the right). Of note, four of our scholars are return awardees: Lucy Young (University of Maryland), Carly Vigeant (Arizona State University), Julia Frey (The Ohio State University) and Shane Ball, a three-time awardee and Mark Starr memorial recipient (University of Colorado). Our overall goal is to have selections announced at the annual NHA Symposium in May 2022. We intend to make our payments to the various school’s financial offices no later than 1 August 2022. The Scholarship Committee is updating the operations manual with a goal of streamlining the application procedures and the selection process. Apply. Our website is in work with a goal to be ready for the next application season 1 September 2022 to 31 January 2023. Most important, the successful applicant will continue to be a solid academic profile, with good grades in the toughest environment. Other attributes follow: athletics, school extracurriculars, and community service … so NHASF is still looking for the all-around great student; not really different than the selections NHASF has made going back to 1993.
NHASF 2022 Slate and Fund Sources Region One Lauren Jones Reg 1 Director’s Scholarship/NHA, (HS) Liam Conlon USS Midway Museum Foundation, (HS) Shane Ball* NHAHS Mark Starr Memorial/NHA, U. Colorado Region Two Lucy Young* Reg 2 NHA Director’s U. Maryland, Lauren Adams Teledyne FLIR Memorial Washington University of St Louis Emma Marsh Kaman Memorial / NHA award, Wash & Lee U. Region Three Stephanie Navin, NHA Reg 3 Director’s GA Tech Michael Pedicone USS Midway Museum, Florida State College Sarah Reilein, Region 4 Director’s NHA award Auburn Region Four Carly Vigeant* HS-5/Capt Bill Roop Memorial, ASU Bronwen Bailey Teledyne FLIR Wellesley College Julia Frey* Raytheon STEM Ohio State Active-Duty Personnel LT Joshua Wombolt, USCG, NHA BoD Scholarship Ohio U. Military Spouse Megan Buriak, Gold Star, USS Midway Museum U. San Diego My Le Ream Family Memorial, NHA BoD South College The three Region 5 and 6 candidates competed in regions 3 and 4. *denotes previous NHA Scholarship Awardee
Rotor Review #156 Spring '22
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