Helping women to overcome gender barriers to careers in traditionally male-dominated fields
Jane M. Klausman - The Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarships are awarded annually and may be used for tuition, books or living expenses at any university, college or institution offering accredited business courses and degrees.
Amelia Earhart Fellowship - Awarded annually to women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences and aerospace-related engineering and may be used at any university or college offering accredited post-graduate courses and degrees in these fields.
Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) - Award honors young women in secondary level or pre-university schools, ages 16 to 19, who demonstrate a commitment to leadership in public policy, government and volunteer organizations. YWPA Applications are due to Governor Denise Quarles by April 1, 2012 Click here for YWPA Guidelines YWPA Application
Christy Hicks- 2011 recipient of the Jane M. Klausman Scholarship
Christy Hicks is a graduate student at Eastern Michigan University, pursuing a Master of Science degree in Human Resources & Organizational Development. Her career goal is to serve the Southeast Michigan business community as an Organizational Development Facilitator, helping companies remain competitive through strategic planning and tailored training workshops. She has a particular interest in the needs of multi-national work teams, and recently designed a special topics course at EMU. Her course proposal was accepted by the Japan Center for Michigan Universities, so she’ll be traveling to Hikone, Japan to co-teach seminar on Cross-Cultural Business Communication in May, 2012. When she’s not studying, Christy practices and performs as a taiko drummer at the Great Lakes Taiko Center, races dragon boats, and enjoys kayaking. She would like to express her sincere gratitude to Zonta International for their generous support of her career aspirations.
Pavana Prabhakar - 2011 recipient of the Amelia Earhart Fellowship Award
Pavana is a 4th year doctoral student in the department of aerospace
engineering at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has a masters
degree in structural engineering from University of California,
Berkeley (graduated in May 2007). She did her undergraduate studies in
India. Pavana is a member of the Honor society of Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She enjoys playing tennis and has participated in several tournaments.
Scholarship Recipients
Katelyn Flint - 2011 recipient of the Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Scholarship
Katelyn is a 2011 summa cum laude graduate of H.H. Dow High School. During high school, she participated in a number of activities including Cross Country, Mock Trial, Lacrosse, Youth in Government, and National Art Honor Society. Her community involvement included: President of the Midland County Youth Action Council and youth representative on the Midland Area Community Foundation Board of Trustees. She graduated with an International Baccalaureate Diploma and as a National Merit Finalist. This fall she will attend Vanderbilt University to major in biomedical engineering. Katelyn would like to say that she truly appreciates the generosity of Zonta in awarding her this scholarship to support her education.
Sara Spangelo - 2011 recipient of the Amelia Earhart Fellowship Award
Sara Spangelo completed a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba with a Minor in Management in 2008. She pursued a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, graduating in 2010. Her Master's work focused on developing kinematic and energetic models and optimizing trajectories for energy-effcient periodic solar-powered UAV ight in collaboration with the SolarBubbles student ight team.
From 2009-2011, she was the Position and Time Lead for the Radio Aurora Explorer (RAX) Satellite Mission, the rst NSF-funded CubeSat science mission, which was launched in November 2010. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan.
The focus of her ongoing doctoral work is on developing models, simulators, and optimization algorithms for scheduling constellations of small satellite constellations and diverse heterogeneous ground networks towards enhanced communication capacity.
