Pub. 3 2020 Directory

19 AIANN Scholarship Report O n June 10th, the AIANN scholarship committee reviewed and discussed the 2020 Raymond Hellmann and Graham Erskine Scholarships’ submittals. The committee members present were Max Hershenow, Greg Erny, Mark Johnson and Nate Hudson. We received a total of six applications this year [five Erskine and one Hellmann], up fromwhat we received last year. While most of the applicants were for the Erskine Scholarship, we will need to better market to the region’s high schools next year to find more interest in the Hellmann Scholarship, our typical gateway. Overall, the committee astounded by the quality of this year’s applicants — one of the most provocative groups we’ve seen since our program’s founding. This year, we felt that these application qualities were fitting of vastly more financial support than we have to offer. We struggled in our discussions and ultimately arrived at a thought that we will need Board approval to accomplish. Our 2019 Hellmann recipient, James Severt, who was awarded $1,000, was unable to attend the school that our funds were issued to and, as such, has forfeited this award. 2020 total scholarship budget: Erskine — $5,000 [$4,000 AIANN + $1,000 AIA National Match] Hellmann — $1000 [$1000 AIANN] Total 2020 Scholarship Funds = $6,000 2020 total scholarship actual: Erskine — $5,000 [$4,000 AIANN General Account + $1,000 AIA National Match] Hellmann — $1000 [$1000 AIANN General Account] Unused 2019 Hellmann — $1000 [$1000 AIANN General Account] Funds Directly from Education Account — $1500 [$1500 AIANN Scholarship Account] Total 2020 Scholarship Funds = $8,500 If this is approved, we have agreed to award the allocated funds as follows: Graham Erskine Scholarship: Grace Brooks $2,000 — Montana State University, MT [from Gardnerville, NV] Jordyn Voss $2,000 — Cal-Poly, San Luis Obispo [from Reno, NV] Eric Kuhn $1,500 — University of Colorado, Denver [from Reno, NV] Ryan Lew $1,500 — Cal-Poly, San Luis Obispo [from Sparks, NV] Tomera LaRae $1,000 — University of Idaho, ID [from Battle Mountain, NV] 2019 total scholarship actual: Erskine — $3,500 [$2,500 AIANN + $1,000 AIA National Match] Hellmann — $1000 [$1000 AIANN] Total 2019 Scholarship Funds = $4,500 Excerpt from 2019 AIANN Scholarship Report After much deliberation between the committee members regarding the quality of the applicants for this year, we would like to request that the Board grant the unused $1,000 from 2019 to the 2020 budget. We would also like to add an additional $1,500 directly from the scholarship account. BY NATE HUDSON, AIA – WESTERN MOUNTAIN REGION SENIOR DIRECTOR AND 2020 AIANN PRESIDENT  — continued on page 20