Aviation students win scholarshipCARBONDALE, Ill. -- Eleven students enrolled in Southern Illinois University Carbondale's aviation program received scholarships for the fall 2005 semester. Students learned of the honors during the annual fall aviation banquet, sponsored by the Aviation Management Society, an SIUC registered student organization. Some of the scholarships honor SIUC graduates and all support students enrolled in the aviation program. The more than $35,500 in scholarships is the largest amount of aviation scholarships ever awarded at the fall Aviation in the Future banquet. Scholarship winners (note: full captions available at the end of the story) by hometown are: Algonquin: Jennifer L. Byrne (625 Gaslight Dr.), sophomore in aviation flight, National Business Aviation Association, Inc. (NBAA) Ginnochio Scholarship, $5,000. Belvidere: John-Paul H. Dixon (7894 Monticello Dr.), junior in aviation management, Jerry L. Kennedy Aviation Career Advancement Scholarship, $6,093. Chicago: Lukasz Zagrodny(5501 N. Lotus Ave.), senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $5,000. Danville: Benjamin A. Cole (1204 N. Franklin), senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $4,000; Joseph A. Messina II Aviation Explores Scholarship, $1,000; and the William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship, $500. Freeport: Miles D. Bardell (2583 US Hwy 20 E), junior in aviation technologies, National Business Aviation Association, Inc. (NBAA) Ginnochio Scholarship, $5,000; and the Illinois Aviation Trades Association Scholarship, $1,000. Lombard: Mark T. Freeze ( 113 E Goebel Dr.), sophomore in aviation flight, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Riverwoods: Jonathan A. Joseph ( 880 Portwine Rd.), sophomore in aviation flight, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Roselle: Trenace J. Sones ( 245 W. Pine), junior in aviation flight, Joseph A. Messina II Aviation Explores Scholarship for Aviation Students, $1,000. St. Charles: Eric T. Miller ( 425 S. 6th St), junior in aviation flight, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $3,000. Kenya, Africa Nairobi: Dora-Anne Asingo, senior in aviation flight, William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Japan Sapporo: Kae Takeshita, senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Strengthening the undergraduate scholarship program is among the goals of Southern at 150: Building Excellence Through Commitment, the blueprint the University is following as it approaches its 150th anniversary in 2019.
Caption 1: SIUC Aviation Scholarship Recipients – Two recipients of the Joseph A. Messina II Aviation Explorers Scholarship are honored at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. From left to right are: Northwest Airlines Capt. Joe Messina; Trenace J. Sones, a junior in aviation flight; United Airlines Capt. Kerry Johnson; Benjamin A. Cole, a senior in aviation management; and United Airlines Capt. Clarence Copping. Messina, Johnson and Copping are graduates of SIUC’s aviation program. Photo by Jeff Garner Caption 2: SIUC Aviation Scholarship Winners – Two recipients of the William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship are honored at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. From left to right are: Molly Norwood; Benjamin A. Cole, a senior in aviation management; Dora-Anne Asingo, senior in aviation flight, and Capt. William R. Norwood. Norwood is a member of the SIUC ROTC Hall of Fame and earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from SIUC, served in the U.S. Air Force, and had a 31-year career with United Airlines beginning in 1965 – becoming the company's first African-American pilot and the first to achieve the rank of captain Photo by Jeff Garner Caption 3: SIUC Aviation Scholarship Winners – Five recipients of the Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship award were honored at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. From left to right are: Jonathan A. Joseph, sophomore in aviation flight; Mark T. Freeze, sophomore in aviation flight,; Eric T. Miller, junior in aviation flight; Lukasz Zagrodny, senior in aviation management,; Benjamin A. Cole, senior in aviation management; and Michael R. Peters. Peters is an SIUC aviation alumnus and pilot for ExpressJet Airlines. Photo by Jeff Garner Caption 4: SIUC Aviation Scholarship recipient – John-Paul H. Dixon, a junior in aviation management, receives his Jerry L. Kennedy Aviation Career Advancement Scholarship from Thomas Kennedy (left) and Janice Kennedy Wray (right) at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The scholarship is named in honor of Jerry L. Kennedy, an SIUC aviation alumnus and United Airlines pilot who died in the United Flight 232 plane crash in Sioux City, Iowa in 1989. Photo by Jeff Garner Caption 5: SIUC Aviation Scholarship recipient – Doug Carr, vice president of government affairs for the National Business Aviation Association, Inc. presents the organization’s Ginnochio scholarship to Jennifer L. Byrne, sophomore in aviation flight, at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Carr is a 1995 SIUC aviation program alumnus. Photo by Jeff Garner Caption 6: SIUC Aviation Scholarship recipient – Doug Carr, vice president of government affairs for the National Business Aviation Association, Inc. presents the organization’s Ginnochio scholarship to Miles D. Bardell, junior in aviation technologies, at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Carr is a 1995 SIUC aviation program alumnus. Photo by Jeff Garner
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