SMI Scholarship Program Surpasses $300,000 in Awards By Gary McCoy
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SMI member companies will be sent information for the 2022 scholarship program in the fall, via mail, email and SMI’s website, www.smihq.org.
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he SMI Scholarship program is now in its 11th year and has cumulatively awarded $310,00 in financial aid. This year $23,000 in scholarship awards were granted to 10 students among a pool of applicants from SMI’s members in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. “SMI appreciates the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the 10 students who received awards in our 2021 scholarship program,” said SMI president Bert Goering. “As an association we highly value the impact that higher education can have upon on the sons and daughters of our member companies. Our program is designed to be a tangible benefit that can help students make their dreams of a higher education become a reality.” To be eligible for an SMI scholarship, award winners must be a full-time employee or a dependent child of a full-time employee who works for an SMI member company. For 2021, SMI awarded five regional scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each. In addition, five at-large scholarships were also selected: • Ronald and Adrienne Banas Scholarship, $5,000 • International Spring Scholarship, $4,000 awarded to two students in the amount of $2,000 each • Callaghan-Hart Scholarship, $2,000 • Albert H. Goering Memorial Scholarship, $2,000
