Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
$2,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Wanda Munn has not followed a traditional career path. After a number of years as a departmental secretary in Nuclear Engineering at Oregon State University, Wanda decided to become a Nuclear Engineer instead of typing the work of others. As a single parent, she returned to school and earned a BS degree in 1977. She also earned an MBA from the University of Washington in 1982.
Wanda is retired from the Advanced Reactor Development Division of Westinghouse Hanford Company in Richland, Washington. She has 20 years of experience in nuclear engineering disciplines, design, construction, acceptance testing, startup, nuclear safety, and operation of the Fast Flux Test Facility.
Wanda is a SWE Life Member. She was recognized as a SWE Distinguished New Engineer in 1985 and named a SWE Fellow in 1998. Wanda was an active member and past president of the Eastern Washington Section.
Wanda has received numerous awards including the McCall Life Pattern Award for women in re-entry in 1977 and the American Nuclear Society National Public Communications Award in 1988.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The scholarship is worth $2,000.
Eligibility
- Only candidates who identify as a woman.
- You must be planning to attend full time.
- You must not be fully funded for tuition, fees, and books or equivalent.
- You must be an undegraduate student.
- Home or school in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington.
- Satisfactory completion of a minimum of two years full-time equivalent credits at an ABET accredited school. These credits do not have to be in an engineering curriculum.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United States
Nationality
American
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified