At our March luncheon, the Austin Branch recognized this year’s scholarship recipients.  The Austin Branch awarded two $2,000 scholarships, and two $1,000 scholarships for a total of $6,000 awarded.  Below is a brief writeup on the accomplishments of the winning students:

 Stacy Holland:

Stacy is junior civil engineering student who is also the current president of UT ASCE.  She also has held the Outreach Officer position and participated in the concrete canoe competition, called companies for sponsorships, helped write the annual report, and was just heavily involved in many chapter activities.  She has a fantastic gpa and has been recognized by a number of other groups for her outstanding achievements.  We are proud to give Stacy a $2,000 scholarship to reward her excellence and commitment to ASCE.

Sonia Trujillo:

Sonia is a senior civil engineering student with an emphasis in geotechnical engineering.  She was a concrete canoe team member in 2008 and is currently the Outreach Director as well as the Concrete Canoe Conference Chair for UT ASCE.  In addition to her involvement, she has maintained a solid gpa and found time to volunteer to be a high school tutor.  The Austin Branch would like to thank Sonia for her commitment to ASCE and recognize her achievements by awarding her a $2,000 scholarship.

Stephanie Tong:

Stephanie is a sophomore civil engineering student with an emphasis in Environmental Engineering.  She has a really strong gpa and received University honors for academics in 2009 and 2010.  She also has been active in UT ASCE as the secretary, attending the New Orleans trip organized by the Austin Branch as well as the 2010 workshop for student chapter leaders.  ASCE has awarded Stephanie a $1,000 scholarship in appreciation of her hard work and commitment to the organization.

Shukri Abughazaleh:

Shukri is a Senior civil engineering student with an emphasis in transportation and project management.  Over the course of his academic career, he has received university honors and maintained a great gpa.  He has been an active member in ASCE since his freshman year and even attended the ASCE student leader conference in Cleveland, Ohio this year.  In addition to this, he has served the community through the Serve Austin program and others.  We hope a $1,000 scholarship will help him along his academic and professional path.

 Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipients!