RMEL Foundation Awards a Record 63 Scholarships in 2023
For the 2023-2024 academic year, the RMEL Foundation has awarded scholarships to 63 deserving students pursuing careers in the electric energy industry. With students applying from across the United States and pursuing many worthwhile degrees and careers in the electric energy industry, it was very difficult for the committee to select the recipients out of such a high caliber pool of applicants.
Over the past 23 years the Foundation has awarded 575 scholarships totaling more than $1.3 million. The RMEL Foundation is proud to award funding to these deserving students for continued education in the electric energy industry. The scholarship donations have been established through individual and corporate donations, as well as contributions from the Silent Auction, Spring Conference Golf Outing and the RMEL Foundation Golf Tournament. To learn more about the RMEL Foundation, visit http://www.rmelfoundation.org.
Members have access to the RMEL Foundation’s Electric Energy Career Jump Start Directory, which is a vetted list of scholarship applicants companies can use in their search for interns and job candidates. If you’d like a copy of the list, contact info@rmel.org.
Recipients were selected based upon their goals for their future in the industry, motivation, academic achievements and service to their community and school.
This is the 18th year the RMEL Foundation has offered named scholarships. The named scholarship program accepts donations and provides scholarships on behalf of the donor. If your company would like to consider a scholarship please contact RMEL at (303) 865-5544.
The winner of the 2023 Black & Veatch scholarship is Rachel Stukey, Wichita State University.
The winner of the 2023 Ulteig scholarship is Rachel Lorenzen, Colorado State University.
The winner of the 2023 Kiewit scholarship is Kylie Allen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
The 2023 Burns & McDonnell RMEL Foundation scholarship recipient is Cody Thompson, Colorado School of Mines.
The two recipients of 2023 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Scholarship are Kiley Metzger and Augustus Miller.
The winner of the 2023 SRP RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Ethan Cohen, Arizona State University.
The winner of the 2023 Power Engineers Scholarship is Jack Muhlenhaup, Colorado School of Mines.
The winner of the 2023 TIC RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Camden Schmidt, Mitchell Technical College.
The winner of the 2023 Lana and Jim Malone RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Nathan Clement, University of Minnesota, Duluth.
The winner of the 2023 MasTec Clean Energy & Infrastructure RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Kalen Mayer, South Dakota State University.
The winner of the 2023 Platte River Power Authority Roy J. Rohla Memorial Scholarship is Kenneth Barnish, Colorado State University.
The winner of the 2023 Arizona Public Service RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Jacob Greene, University of Arizona.
The winner of the 2023 Electrical Consultants, Inc. RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Wesley Tschacher, Montana Technological University.
The winner of the 2023 Onward Energy RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Dallas Brown, Metropolitan State University.
The winner of the 2023 John P. Ellbogen Foundation RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Madeline Bach, Montana State University.
The winner of the 2023 Quanta RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Camden Schmidt, Mitchell Technical College.
The winner of the 2023 Quanta West RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Matthew Bingham, University of California, Riverside.
The winner of the 2023 Texas New Mexico Power RMEL Foundation Named Scholarship is Matthew Brooks, Tarleton State University.
The RMEL Foundation appreciates all of the corporate and individual support of the Foundation’s mission to promote the power industry. We have a special group of individuals, Friends of RMEL.”. This group of individuals who gave even more to the Foundation after competitive bidding at the end of the Silent Auction at the 2023 Fall Convention. The 2023 Friends of RMEL Named Scholarship recipients are Dakota Mcafee, Volta Line School, and Noah Lamb, Missouri State University.
2023-2024 Craft Scholarship Recipients:
Devon Borchers, Northeast Community College
Johannes Duman, Northwest Lineman College
Alex Fischer, Mitchell Technical College
Anthony Haberman, Southeast Community College
Josiah Harvey, Southeast Community College
Layne Kuper, Mitchell Technical College
Jake Lowrey, MCC Blue River
Sawyer McGill, Southeast Community College
Andrew Richardson, Southeast Community College
Haydon Starr, Mitchell Technical College
Alec Storey, Alpena Community College
Jason Trimbur, IEC Rocky Mountain
Thomas Weston, Western Texas College
2023-2024 Baccalaureate Scholarship Recipients:
Joshua Barker, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Timothy Doering, Pensacola Christian College
Thomas Eckles, New Mexico State University
Landen Irby, University of Arkansas
Kolton Graf, Michigan Technological University
Kayla Lee, Colorado School of Mines
Eduardo Mendoza, University of Nebraska Omaha
Olivia O'Reilly, Wichita State University
Mary Peterson, Wichita State University
Ian Poynter, Texas A&M University
Tarami Readus, University of Houston
Christopher Strain, The College of New Jersey
Gamahl Stultz, Kennesaw State University
Mason Tribble, University of Georgia
Elizabeth Tucker, Vanderbilt University
Roger Wszolek III, Texas A&M University, College Station
Jessica Wu, University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2023 Graduating High School Senior Scholarship Recipients:
Josiah Abraham, University of Oklahoma
Matthew Brooks, Tarleton State University
Ethan Cohen, Arizona State University
Kevin Han, Duke University
Matthew Handzel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Michael Hoyer, Montana Technological University
Kaleb Johnson, Montana State University
Emma Kwok, Northwest Nazarene University
Ryan Leoni, University of Colorado Boulder
Quinn Maness, Arizona State University
Jones Mays II, University of Southern California
Braeden Schefus, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Emiaj Self, Colorado School of Mines
Joseph Simo, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Congratulations to all this year’s scholarship recipients.