Application for 2017 SVEC Education Awards

The Silicon Valley Engineering Council Engineering Education awards recognize young engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology students graduating from high school (i.e. high school senior class) or presently enrolled in undergraduate community college or university programs are eligible to apply. Fulltime and part-time students are eligible. The one time award is $1000. Students may receive an SVEC Education award only once. Graduate students are not eligible.  Undergraduate and High School students are judged separately.

Please answer the following Questions

• Essay Using your best writing, please write a short essay (about 150 to 250 words) describing your academic and professional goals, and how your program and this award will help you achieve them. 
• This is not a lot of words, so you need to think about it
• The goal is to make your self stand out

• Engineering/Technology courses and experiences Please give us a list of courses you have taken, and are taking now, in engineering and/or technology. 
• list any classes, workshops, or summer academy you have participated in

• Please list any experiences you have had in employment or service related to engineering, including title or description, date, and nature of work. 

• Please list offices you have held in engineering societies, and projects in which you have participated.  

• Please list any volunteer or service work you have done at your school or in your community.

•  Are there any special circumstances that you believe would help the committee in its decision?
• Example: working while going to school, disabled sibling or parent, natural disaster, AB540 student, additional responsibilities at home, etc, 

 Turn in a Google Doc, PDF to Jupiter

I'll review and give you some feedback, and then if you want you can apply for the real thing here: https://www.svec.org/events/education-awards

More Resources:
http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/preuniversity/index.html

http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/preuniversity/resources/DF_IEEE_MIG_MCT_52412