Recipients Involved In Subjects Ranging From Commercial
Aviation To FAA Research
Five college students studying
aviation-related curricula at National Business Aviation
Association (NBAA) and University Aviation Association (UAA) member
institutions have received 2010 UAA Janice K. Barden Aviation
Scholarship awards totaling $5,000.
The scholarship is named for Aviation Personnel International
founder Janice K. Barden, who has been active in the aviation
community for decades and has served many times as the Local
Committee chair of NBAA's Annual Meeting & Convention. The 2010
recipients were recognized on October 20 during the NBAA 63rd
Annual Meeting & Convention in Atlanta, GA.
The recipients of the 2010 Barden Scholarships are:
Erin Coulter is a senior at the University of North Dakota
majoring in commercial aviation. When she graduates, she wants to
pursue owning and operating a seaplane base in Alaska.
Trevor Halvorson is a senior at Embry Riddle Aeronautical
University majoring in professional aeronautics. He is a graduate
of St. Philip's College Airframe and Powerplant Program and is
pursuing a Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) certificate through
NBAA.
Jared Platt is a junior majoring in professional aeronautics at
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He is interested in a
business aviation career, having worked as an aircraft dispatcher
and line service technician for two different FBOs in addition to
being a commercial pilot for a regional airline.
Austin Roberts is a senior at Western Michigan University
pursuing a degree in aviation flight science. His ideal job would
be to work with a large company flying a smaller aircraft into
rural airfields around the country.
Zachary Waller is a junior studying unmanned aircraft systems
at the University of North Dakota (UND). He has been involved with
gathering research for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by
operating CropCAM, a small UAV owned by the university. He will
graduate in the first class of unmanned aircraft majors from
UND.
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