Grant and Scholarship information

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The Western Michigan Section SPE would like to thank all the businesses and individuals who have supported this section through sponsorships, donations, attendance at the golf outing, and monthly meetings. Your financial support has been put to good use by providing grants to area high schools and scholarships to college and university students.
This year, the West Michigan Section Grant and Scholarship for 2011 included the following requests and awards:

High school grant awards:

• Coopersville Middle School – $800 request for materials and supplies for intro to plastics program. Will involve around 650 students this year.
• Coopersville High School – $1,000 request to help with the purchase of
a used 50-ton Boy.

• Grand Haven Schools – $756.07 request for materials and supplies for
polymer science class at Lakeshore Middle School and White Pines
Middle School; reaching 375 and 120 students respectively.
• Van Buren Technology FIRST Robotics Program – $500 request to help buy supplies for the construction of a robot that will compete with other
schools throughout Michigan.
• Van Buren Technology Center Plastics and Machine Tool Program – $500 to be used to purchase
MUD mold components so students can design and construct an injection mold for the students to use in the program.

University grant awards:

• Ferris State University – $467 for tools and supplies.
• Western Michigan University – requesting $5000 to repair two extrusion lines. SPE paid $2,500.

College scholarships award to:
Ethan Bruyn GRCC
Brandon Weaver GRCC
Brett Bordewyk Ferris
Ben Wolfman WMU
Jacob Williams WMU
Nathan St. Amour WMU
Ryan Kamm WMU
Andrew Tucker WMU

Honored Service Member

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The Western Michigan SPE Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Helen P. Basso has been elected as an Honored Service Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers. She was sponsored because of her 13 years of dedicated service to the Western Michigan SPE. The Honored Service Member award is given to those who have demonstrated long-term, outstanding service to SPE and its objectives.

Helen’s SPE career includes service as the Newsletter Chair, Secretary, and two terms as Councilor to the SPE International organization. As Councilor, Helen held positions as the Section Committee Chair and Chairperson of the Council Committee of the Whole at the international level. Helen will be inducted as an Honored Service Member at the Leadership Awards Luncheon at ANTEC in Orlando, Florida on April 1, 2012.

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Grant and Scholarship information

Honored Service Member