Recipients Will Work Overseas At Socata Facility In France

Grace Huseth of Tucker, GA, and Michael Keck of Oshkosh, WI, will receive the work internships of a lifetime, as they have been named recipients of this year’s EAA/Daher-Socata International Scholarships.

The internship program is now in its eighth year. Each recipient receives a five-week internship at Daher-Socata’s Tarbes facility in France, located in the shadow of the Pyrenees Mountains, followed by a week to the EAA Air Academy in Oshkosh where they’ll help Socata during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. All travel, lodging, and work experience is included, as well as a side trip to the Airbus facility at Toulouse. For an aspiring student working toward a career in the aviation industry, it’s a dream situation.

While Daher-Socata is currently providing American students a chance to study abroad, the company has encouraged EAA to find companies in the U.S. willing to share such an experience with young people from other parts of the world. For instance, the two interns will have the opportunity to interact with Socata employees as part of a unique cultural exchange.

“Daher-Socata’s commitment provides an incentive, a challenge to EAA Young Eagles, an opportunity for them to explore a variety of career directions within the aviation field first hand, to see what the future holds,” said Dave Chaimson, EAA’s vice president of business development.

Huseth is a senior at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA, majoring in communication arts. Her career goal is to support the aviation industry through communications within an aviation company or as an aviation business reporter.

Keck is a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI, majoring in engineering mechanics. He already holds a private pilot certificate and teaches aviation theory to fellow college students. He has a career goal of becoming an aerospace engineer, with a special affection for design and computation.

(Images provided by EAA. L-R: Grace Huseth, Michael Keck)

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