The purpose of the Gail Achterman Leadership Scholarship is to motivate and reward women who demonstrate leadership in the transportation industry.
The Gail Achterman Leadership Scholarship was named after Gail, who served as the Chapter’s honorary chairwoman for our 2010 membership drive and was the chapter’s 2008 woman of the year.
The scholarship is aimed at an undergraduate or graduate student who not only meets the chapter’s academic criteria but who has demonstrated leadership in the transportation industry.
Full Description
The Gail Achterman Leadership Scholarship will be awarded each December at the Chapter’s Winter Event and the attendance at the awards dinner is strongly recommended.
The scholarship is competitive and the winner will be selected based on the applicant’s specific transportation career goals; leadership skills, academic record; transportation-related activities or job skills; lived experiences; personal statement and letters of recommendation.
Who's eligible?
Here are the minimum applicant criteria that all scholarship applicants must meet to be considered eligible:
The scholarship is open to all women who have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
They need to be currently attending a junior college, trade school, apprenticeship program, college or university in Oregon or Southwest Washington and enrolled in a degree or trade school program in a transportation-related field such as transportation engineering, planning, finance, communications, operations, construction or logistics.
Students must be enrolled at the time the scholarship is awarded
You can get the award is you were not previously awarded a WTS scholarship at the same level, meaning that the Shelley Holly Transportation YOU winners can later apply at Undergraduate and Graduate Levels and that undergraduate winners may later apply at Graduate Level.
How to Apply
If you find yourself eligible for this award, you are supposed to submit electronically as one complete application package to email mandy.putney@odot.state.or.us the following documents:
- Application form – with your name in the signature space which will be considered an electronic signature.
- Transcript – a copy of official transcripts as part of the complete application package
- Letters of recommendations should be submitted by email.
- All components of the complete application package must be received no later than October 25th.
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