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SEMA SCHOLARS GET RECORD
DOLLARS
To celebrate 20 years contributing to the
future of the automotive industry, SEMA, the
Specialty Equipment Market Association, has
awarded a record $110,000 in scholarships.
Seventy-five students preparing for automotive
industry careers received individual awards
of up to $4,000.
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The SEMA Memorial Scholarship
Fund, established in 1984, has supplied over
400 students with more than $500,000 in scholarship
awards over the past two decades. Students
from 21 states benefited this year, with
academic course work ranging from economics
and marketing to diesel technology.
The program rewards the best and brightest
students engaged in studies leading to
a career in the automotive aftermarket or a
related field. Sophomores in 2-year universities
or colleges, and students in vocational or
technical schools received $1,000. Graduates
and undergraduates with at least a junior
standing at a 4-year school received $2,000
to $4,000. All students must have a minimum
2.5 grade-point average and be enrolled in
an accredited university, college or proprietary
program.
A new scholarship category introduced by SEMA
this year is the Loan Forgiveness Scholarship
Award, given to qualified graduates with outstanding
student loans, who have worked at a SEMA member
company for at least one year. This program
was developed as further incentive for students
to seek employment in the automotive aftermarket
upon graduation. Four employees of SEMA member
companies received $1,000 paid directly to
their loan company to satisfy outstanding student
loans.
For a complete list of the 2004 scholarship
winners, log onto www.sema.org/scholarship or
contact Arlene Wood at education@sema.org. [8-16-2004]
TONAWANDA TREASURES
Jim and Jon Salemi of G-Force Race Cars in
North Tonawanda, NY sent a couple of shots
of cars currently in the shop. Raymond Commisso’s
new ‘63 Vette Pro Mod/Outlaw Street car
and the trusty IROC Camaro are in for updates,
wheelie bar, header, mufflers and weight adjustment
for OSCA and NSCA rules. In testing has gone
6.52 at 220.09 mph in Street trim and is for
sale. The new car to be done by late Oct or
early Nov for testing down south.
Also, the ‘33 Willys street rod of Wayne
Shwayne gets headers, exhaust and miscellaneous
custom fabrication work. [8-16-2004]
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