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Haestad Methods Awards Engineering Scholarships To Top Applicants in the Water Resources Field

By Anonymous

WATERBURY, CT July 28, 2004 -- For over a year, Haestad Methods has awarded scholarships to students based upon their academic achievement and research projects using the company’s water resources modeling software programs. Qualified applicants are supplied with all the software and technical support required to complete their projects.

Shaw, a graduate student of Cornell University, submitted a project on the suitability of synthetic hyetographs for detention basin design in small watersheds. His project assessed the sensitivity of calculated outflow hydrographs for small watersheds to assumed synthetic hydrographs. He generated and compared outflow for two actual watersheds and several hypothetical watersheds of varying area and time of concentration using Haestad Methods’ PondPack detention pond and watershed modeling software.

Amarillo, an undergraduate student and Trustee Scholar of Lafayette College, submitted a case study that analyzed potential CAD and GIS interoperability solutions for the water utility industry. The evaluation demonstrated the benefits of automated cross-application data flow processes using Haestad Methods’ WaterGEMS and GISConnect software for a Southwestern Arizona-based utility.

“Haestad Methods’ Engineering Scholarship Program encourages civil engineering students to strive for excellence and helps them defray some of the costs associated with higher education,” said Dr. Thomas Walski, Vice President of Engineering for Haestad Methods. “This type of initiative provides Haestad Methods with an opportunity to give back to the civil engineering community and to help future engineers.”

Other academic programs sponsored by the company include Haestad Methods’ Educational Software Grant and Library Donation programs for qualified colleges, universities, and technical institutes; and UTalk, the company’s innovative online discussion group created specifically for university faculty, researchers, and students. For more information on Haestad Methods’ Engineering Scholarship Program, visit www.haestad.com/scholarships or e-mail scholarship@haestad.com. For all other academic programs and services offered by the company, call Haestad Methods at 1-800-727-6555 (USA or Canada) or +1-203-755-1666 (worldwide),
e-mail info@haestad.com, or visit www.haestad.com.

About Haestad Methods:
Haestad Methods has been in the business of enabling engineers with technology for 25 years and is internationally recognized as the world’s leading water resources software company. The company provides more than 130,000 civil engineers in over 170 countries with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software, services, continuing education workshops, and publications.

Haestad Methods’ complete suite of engineering software products for water, stormwater, and wastewater modeling and management includes CivilStormTM Dynamic, WaterGEMS®, WaterCAD®, PumpMaster®, HAMMERTM, GISConnectTM, Darwin®, WaterSAFE®, SewerCAD®, StormCAD®, PondPack®, FlowMaster®, CulvertMaster®, and HEC-PackTM. Haestad Methods trains thousands of engineers each year and is duly authorized to award Continuing Education Units and Professional Development Hours. For more information, call Haestad Methods at 1-800-727-6555 (USA or Canada) or +1-203-755-1666 (worldwide), e-mail info@haestad.com, or visit www.haestad.com, www.watersecurity.org, or www.civilquiz.com.

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East Dallas Christian Church Scholarships Help Make Woodrow Grads First College-bound Generation in Their Families

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DALLAS, TX May 17, 2004--Woodrow Wilson High School’s senior class of 2004 will walk across a stage later this week to receive their diplomas, and many of the graduates will begin packing to attend college this fall. For some of Woodrow’s 292 seniors, it could easily be a lunchbox they’d be packing before heading off to a low-paying job. That is a reality for many urban, minority students.
Thanks to an innovative regional scholarship program at East Dallas Christian Church, five Woodrow Wilson graduates have become first-generation, college bound students.

Luis Perea, Maria Chavez, Juan Carlos Cabrera, and brother and sister Erick and Jessica Zarate each earned $500 grants and are the first recipients of the 100-year-old church’s W.A. and Billie Ruth Welsh Scholarship.

The funding is renewable as long as the winners remain enrolled and make satisfactory academic progress at a North Texas-area postsecondary institution. To qualify, students are asked to write a letter telling their background, present situation and future plans.

They must also receive a recommendation from a school counselor, a teacher or a minister. Membership or participation in East Dallas Christian Church is not a requirement. In fact, one of the students is studying to become a Baptist minister. The Disciples of Christ congregation routinely reaches across religious and cultural boundaries and has broad goals for its scholarships.

“The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage first-generation college students from Dallas and surrounding suburbs to pursue higher education for the benefit of the Dallas community. According to many studies, students making that first-generation leap to college lift not only themselves, but their families and communities as well,” said Senior Minister, the Rev. Dr. John Cunyus.

The scholarships are named in honor of the late Rev. W.A. Welsh, a prominent Christian Church leader, and his wife who serves on the scholarship selection panel. Rev. Welsh had a distinguished career as a seminary president, pastor and educator. From 1950-1965 he was pastor of East Dallas Christian Church, which had a membership of 4,000, making it the largest Disciples congregation in the United States at that time. Two sons have followed in his footsteps as Disciples ministers.

The five scholarship winners had no family role models when it came to their education plans. These students have relied on school counselors, teachers and others in the community to help them break a cycle familiar to many inner city young people who are often compelled to earn a paycheck instead of a diploma. EDCC’s scholarship students have compelling stories and a hopeful future.

·    Luis Perea, born in Mexico City, has resisted the temptations of drugs and gangs to stay on course in school. Through the church’s help, he will enroll in an auto mechanics course in the Dallas County Community College system.
·    Maria Chavez, born in Iowa, is an honor student at Woodrow and is the first in her family to graduate from high school and to attend college. She plans to attend Texas Women’s University in Dallas to become a physician.
·    Juan Carlos Cabrera, a native of Mexico, will be the first in his family to attend college. A Woodrow Wilson graduate, he is studying computers, training for a Microsoft accreditation and is enrolled at the Dallas Baptist Association Hispanic seminary. In addition to his studies, Juan is caring for his younger siblings while his parents are in Mexico straightening out their immigration status.
·    Erick Zarate came to Texas with his family at age 14. On his first day of school here he did not know a single word of English. In the past four years, he worked hard and has become an honor student at Woodrow.
·    Jessica Zarate, Erick’s twin sister, has faced similar challenges. She too has become an honor student, with the ambition of becoming a teacher. Erick and Jessica, like Juan Carlos, are here by themselves, their parents having returned to Mexico.

“Imagine the impact these young people will have on those they touch in the future,” Rev. Cunyus said. “Many of us take it for granted that education matters. Yet for the majority of students in DISD, college doesn’t even rate as a possibility. Luis, Maria, Juan Carlos, Erick and Jessica will demonstrate, simply by being who they are, that it is possible.”

A study by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute says, “Latinos receive the lowest average amount of financial aid awarded — by type and source of aid — of any ethnic group. Given that the cost of postsecondary education is continually increasing and attaining a postsecondary education is more important than ever, Latino student participation in financial aid is critical.”

Students and their families have had to assume a larger share of the cost of obtaining a higher education.

“Since the early 1970s, the cost of paying for public college, as a percentage of family income, has risen for low-income families from 42 percent to 71 percent, as opposed to a constant 19 percent and 5 percent for middle- and upper-income families, respectively,” says Florida’s Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón in a recent study. “Up to 25 percent of academically qualified low-income students no longer even apply to college.”

Average cost per year, including living expenses, at a Texas public university is $13,709 and at a Texas community college it is $10,008, state agency data show.

“These kids know the opportunity that they have, they are driven toward it, and they are extremely appreciative for any help they receive. Without scholarship money, most of our students could not and would not pursue college educations,” Kristin Noble Denver, senior counselor at Woodrow Wilson High School wrote to the church.

“The money awarded to those who receive the W.A. and Billie Ruth Welsh Scholarship will change these kids’ lives,” she added.

“This program builds ties between East Dallas Christian Church and our rapidly changing neighborhood. It puts us back at the center of things here, as we have been historically. And, best of all, it improves the lives of everyone it touches in the most practical of ways,” Rev. Cunyus said.

Anyone interested in attending college or returning to a university to complete a degree should contact the church at 214-824-8185 for scholarship information. More about the church is available at www.edcc.org.

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Opportunity to Recycle Printer Cartridges to Support Romanian Students

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ROADS International, Inc. announces a partnership with the GreenFund Network to offer laser and inkjet cartridge recycling to homes, schools, and businesses. The partnership will directly benefit college students in Romania.

ROADS International is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization operating in Augusta, Georgia that provides scholarships to enable underprivileged Romanian students to attend Romanian universities. ROADS International supports international development by addressing the need to make educational opportunities available to individuals who are gifted and driven but would not otherwise be able to afford a university tuition. $500 supports a college student in Romania for one year.

Supporting hundreds of charities nationally and internationally, GreenFund Network offers a cost-free venue for recycling thousands of printer cartridges each year. Money raised through the GreenFund Network provides critical funding to the scholarships that are available through ROADS.

Heading up the recycling program is ROADS’ Director Katherine Van Loon. She comments, “This is a great way to raise money to support our scholarships. Students and other home users go through over five inkjet cartridges each year. The recycling rate for inkjet cartridges is less than 20%, which represents a tremendous loss of money and resources, not to mention devastating effects on the environment. With this program, we can offer 100% recycling for inkjet and laser cartridges, and bring significant revenues back to support this very worthy cause."

There is no cost to businesses, schools, or individuals to participate, and ROADS receives up to $2.00 for every inkjet cartridge and up to $7.00 for every toner cartridge donated on their behalf. Donated cartridges are sent to the GreenFund Network Recycling Center to be remanufactured and re-sold to businesses at a discount.

For more information, or to order a donation kit for home, school, or business, donors can send an email to info@roadsinternational.org or call (706) 614-9075.

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