{"id":18881,"date":"2021-07-19T16:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18881"},"modified":"2021-07-19T17:08:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:08:56","slug":"wai-announces-winners-of-spring-2021-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/wai-announces-winners-of-spring-2021-scholarships\/%20","title":{"rendered":"WAI Announces Winners of Spring 2021 Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; Shana Bartell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/WAI-Eleazar-Mabunda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18882\" width=\"268\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WAI-Eleazar-Mabunda.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WAI-Eleazar-Mabunda-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><figcaption><em>Eleazar Mabunda<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Women in Aviation International (WAI) congratulates 48 members who have been selected as Spring 2021 scholarship recipients thanks to a generous $250,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, as well as a $6,000 WAI scholarship. View the full list of winners at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.WAI.org\/2021-scholarship-winners\">www.WAI.org\/2021-scholarship-winners<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scholarships include funding to further members\u2019 interests\nin air traffic control, aviation maintenance, flight training, helicopter\nratings, and space. New to this round of scholarships are four scholarships,\neach worth $3,000 for WAI Chapter members outside of the United States, to be\napplied towards completion of an additional flight certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Divinity-Price-Photo-2-WINNERedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18883\" width=\"146\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Divinity-Price-Photo-2-WINNERedit.jpg 242w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Divinity-Price-Photo-2-WINNERedit-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><figcaption><em>Divinity Price<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur WAI members are thrilled to receive these additional\nscholarships that help them take important steps toward reaching their aviation\ngoals,\u201d says Allison McKay, WAI CEO. \u201cA special thanks to the Conrad N. Hilton\nFoundation for this generous gift that encourages our members to reach their\naviation dreams faster and further.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the additional Spring 2021 scholarships, total WAI\nscholarships awarded in 2021 are valued at over $731,800, and more than $14.5\nmillion since 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rachel-King-WINNERedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18892\" width=\"155\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rachel-King-WINNERedit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rachel-King-WINNERedit-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><figcaption><em>Rachel King<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>WAI members are encouraged to apply for WAI\u2019s 2022\nscholarships, now, with applications due Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Currently,\nthere are 99 scholarships totaling $480,505 offered for flight training,\nengineering, maintenance, dispatch, drones, and professional development for\nindividuals in all stages of life. Additional scholarships will be added\nregularly, and details of each scholarship opportunity are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.WAI.org\/scholarships\">www.WAI.org\/scholarships<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; Shana Bartell Women in Aviation International (WAI) congratulates 48 members who have been selected as Spring 2021 scholarship recipients thanks to a generous $250,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, as well as a $6,000 WAI scholarship. View the full list of winners at www.WAI.org\/2021-scholarship-winners. Scholarships include funding to further members\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shana-Bartell-WINNERedit2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18881"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18895,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18881\/revisions\/18895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}