• SWE-PPS and Local Companies Award Scholarships
• New Section Officers Elected
• Annual SWE-PPS Luncheon on July 26th
• SWE-PPS Membership Survey

Section News

SWE-PPS and Local Companies Award Seven Scholarships

The 2008 PPS Scholarship Committee has awarded two $1000 and four $500 scholarships to six outstanding high school girls graduating from high schools across southern Colorado. We have also awarded a $500 scholarship to a deserving college sophomore. The 19 high school applicants included 4 Valedictorians and 2 Salutatorians. One applicant had a perfect score on the ACT Math test, another had a perfect on the SAT Math test, and one had a 5.0 GPA in both Math and Science. Of the 19 graduates, 11 had GPA's of 4.0 or higher in Math and Science. 5 were in the top 1% of their class, 5 more in the top 5%, and 5 more in the top 10% of their class. The lowest GPA reported was a solid 3.45.

The corporate sponsors who generously donated scholarship funds are Agilent Technologies, Inc, LSI Logic Corporation, ATMEL Corporation, G. E. Johnson Construction Company, Inc, and from Terracon Consultants, Inc.

Once again it was a tough choice for the committee and we were grateful for each and every sponsor who helped us to award as many of these excellent students as we could. We had a new record of three college applicants, all of whom were recommended by faculty and who were making excellent contributions to their universities. Congratulations to our winners and thank you to the committee members: Richelle Ahlvers, Connie King, Aimee Smith, and Wanda Williams; especially Connie who personally secured half of the sponsors this year.

Click here to view the 2008 donors and scholarship recipients.

Respectfully submitted by Carole Passmore.

New Section Officers Elected

Our balloting process is complete and our new officers are voted in. I am happy to announce that your FY09 PPS officers are as follows:

President - Beth Blakney
Vice President - Lt. Col. Lynnane George
Secretary -Lina Klaus
Treasurer - Connie King
COR Representative - Alicia Castro

SWE-PPS Annual Luncheon

Save the date for our Awards Luncheon on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Marigolds Café, 4605 Centennial Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO.

Please plan to attend to greet our scholarship winners and their sponsors, thank our FY08 officers and welcome in our FY09 officers. Look for an RSVP announcement in your email.

SWE-PPS Membership Survey

If you haven't done it already, please spend a few minutes (really - less than 3 minutes) to fill out a survey regarding your SWE-PPS membership online. It is at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s .aspx?sm=m1fTXbHDs6IFaa5JxtLZm A_3d_3d. We really appreciate your feedback.

- President: Beth Blakney
- Vice President: Lt. Col. Lynnane George
- Secretary: Lina Klaus
- Treasurer: Connie King
- COR Rep: Alicia Castro

o July 26: SWE-PPS Awards Luncheon
o Aug 26: Section Planning Meeting (evening - save the date)

SWE National Conference
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