Leading by example: Students receive Engineering Trajectory Awards to reduce student loan debt
Pictured left to right are 2024 Engineering Trajectory Award recipients Hannah Brunow, Erin Falkosky, Ryan Dippolito, Makayla Scarpitti, Tyler Jones, Jesse Pennington, Jacob Stump, Hannah Liggett, Dale Chenoweth and Tara Mathie.
On April 26, ten graduating seniors in the College of Engineering and Polymer Science were honored at the annual Engineering Trajectory Awards ceremony held in the Jean Hower Tabor Student Union. Each award winner received $10,000 directly applied to pay back federal student loan debt, and to date, $1.2 million has been given to students since the award’s establishment in 2012.
While at The University of Akron, the award winners excelled in their academic studies and work experiences, in addition to accepting personal responsibility to cover the cost of their education. They helped others and served as community leaders through various volunteer activities and were selected based on faculty and staff nominations and letters of recommendation from co-op supervisors.
The Engineering Trajectory Awards are given in the spirit of enabling students, through reduced student loan debt, to continue giving the gifts of their time and talents to lift up the communities in which they find themselves, both now and in the future.
“The Engineering Trajectory Award winners are highly accomplished student leaders whose volunteer work contributes meaningfully to our College, our University, and the community,” shared Dr. Joan Carletta, associate dean of the College of Engineering and Polymer Science. “We are thankful to the donors of these awards for their generous support of these exceptional students as they launch their careers.”
At the awards ceremony, current and past award recipients personally thanked the Northeast Ohio couple who generously provided this award.
Congratulations to the 2024 Engineering Trajectory Award recipients:
Hannah Brunow
Biomedical Engineering
Huron, Ohio
Dale Chenoweth
Aerospace Systems Engineering
Canton, Ohio
Ryan Dippolito
Mechanical Engineering
Youngstown, Ohio
Erin Falkosky
Mechanical Engineering
Medina, Ohio
Tyler Jones
Mechanical Engineering
Kent, Ohio
Hannah Liggett
Mechanical Engineering
Medina, Ohio
Tara Mathie
Mechanical Engineering
Louisville, Ohio
Jesse Pennington
Civil Engineering
Canton, Ohio
Makayla Scarpitti
Biomedical Engineering
Kent, Ohio
Jacob Stump
Computer Engineering
Bolivar, Ohio
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Media contact: Cristine Boyd, 330-972-6476 or cboyd@uakron.edu.