{"id":1734,"date":"2016-02-03T15:18:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T21:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunwoody.edu\/blog\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2016-02-03T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T21:31:21","slug":"two-surveying-students-benefit-from-tuition-scholarships-awarded-by-vaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2016\/two-surveying-students-benefit-from-tuition-scholarships-awarded-by-vaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Surveying students benefit from tuition scholarships awarded by VAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Blue and Brandon Davis are celebrating their recent scholarship awards from long-time Dunwoody College industry partner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vaaeng.com\/\">Van Sickle, Allen &amp; Associates (VAA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarships\u2014put towards the student\u2019s 2016 spring semester\u2019s tuition\u2014are valued at $2,000 a piece.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>The application process<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>For the past several years, VAA, an engineering, planning and design company, has allocated money specifically for two Dunwoody student scholarships. The scholarships\u2014offered to students in the Architectural Drafting &amp; Design, Surveying &amp; Civil Engineering Technology, Heating &amp; Air Conditioning Engineering Technology and Electrical Construction Design &amp; Management programs\u2014are competitive and require interested students to draft a personal essay, submit a letter of recommendation, and complete an in-person interview with a panel of Dunwoody and VAA employees.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants are then evaluated on academic achievement, school and community activities and work experience. The recipients must have a grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher.<\/p>\n<h6>\u00a0<strong>The scholarship recipients<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>This year\u2019s recipients include Jake and Brandon, both second year Surveying &amp; Civil Engineering students, who say they couldn\u2019t be happier with the results.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1735\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1735\" src=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5501-cropped-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Dunwoody Surveying &amp; Civil Engineering student Jake Blue\" width=\"332\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5501-cropped-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5501-cropped.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunwoody Surveying &amp; Civil Engineering student Jake Blue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWinning this scholarship is a wonderful reward for the hard work I have put into my schooling, \u201c Jake said. \u201cIt gives me confidence in the skills I have gained at Dunwoody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jake\u2014who\u2019s pursuing his second professional degree at the College&#8211; has a 4.0 GPA and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and Dunwoody\u2019s Survey Club. Currently, he is a self-employed production arborist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a self-employed student,\u201d he said, \u201cthis scholarship is extremely helpful. It will allow me to work less and focus more on my school work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jake plans to seek employment in the Civil Engineering field upon graduation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1736\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1736\" src=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5623-cropped-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Dunwoody Surveying &amp; Civil Engineering student Brandon Davis\" width=\"315\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5623-cropped-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5623-cropped.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunwoody Surveying &amp; Civil Engineering student Brandon Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brandon, who&#8217;s currently a student worker at the Minnesota Department of Transportation, says this scholarship will also help him \u201cmake ends meet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling to know that there are people or organizations out there that are willing to sacrifice some of their financial security to help individuals who have found themselves in financial need,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon is the fundraising officer for Engineers Without Borders and president of both the Dunwoody Surveying Club and the Multicultural Club.<\/p>\n<p>Upon graduation, Brandon hopes to become a professional surveyor.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Since receiving their scholarships, Jake and Brandon have also received personal introductions to VAA employees, a full facility tour and a celebratory lunch.<\/p>\n<p>A big thank you to the VAA for their generosity and congratulations to Jake and Brandon!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/construction\/surveying-civil-engineering-technology\/\">Learn more about Surveying &amp; Civil Engineering.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Blue and Brandon Davis are celebrating their recent scholarship awards from long-time Dunwoody College industry partner Van Sickle, Allen &amp; Associates (VAA). The scholarships\u2014put towards the student\u2019s 2016 spring semester\u2019s tuition\u2014are valued at $2,000 a piece. The application process For the past several years, VAA, an engineering, planning and design company, has allocated money [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,178,1],"tags":[320],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-partners","category-student-news","category-uncategorized","tag-surveying-civil-engineering"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two Surveying students benefit from tuition scholarships awarded by VAA - Dunwoody College News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2016\/two-surveying-students-benefit-from-tuition-scholarships-awarded-by-vaa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Surveying students benefit from tuition scholarships awarded by VAA - Dunwoody College News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jake Blue and Brandon Davis are celebrating their recent scholarship awards from long-time Dunwoody College industry partner Van Sickle, Allen &amp; Associates (VAA). 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