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The 2011 AEMSF Award
Fact Sheet is now available -
click here.
Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarships
for licensed pilot members to advance in training and education in aviation
and aerospace, including scholarships to complete additional pilot
certificates and ratings, jet type ratings, college degrees, and technical
training.
Research Scholar Grants to add to the
world's knowledge of women in aviation and aerospace.
New Pilot Awards of up to $1500
towards completion of the recreational pilot, sport pilot, or private pilot
certificate.
Visit the
Scholarships page on
The Ninety-Nines web site for 2011 application forms.
2010 Amelia Earhart Scholarship Winners
July 2010
The North Central Section continues to enjoy great success as winners of Amelia Earhart Scholarships. We have
FOUR winners among the 2010 AE Scholarship
awardees.
Our 2010 Amelia Earhart Scholarship winners from the North Central Section are:
| Name |
Chapter |
Scholarship is for: |
| Peg Ballou |
All-Ohio |
CFI - Airplane |
| Kjersti Boe |
Minnesota |
Academic |
| Jessica Miller |
Minnesota |
Instrument - Airpane |
| Kandace Rawling |
Wisconsin |
Instrument - Helicopter |
Congratulations to all of our winners!
Janice Welsh, AEMSF Committee Chair
North Central Section, Ninety-Nines
Click
here to see the AE Scholarship History
Our winners (Info from 99 News, Jul/Aug/Sep 2010)
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Peg Ballou,
All-Ohio Chapter |
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Peg Ballou earned her PPL
in the 1970s, flew 100 hours and then took a
30-year hiatus for marriage, raising and
homeschooling six children, and building two
businesses with her 49½ Sam. After a trip into
the Venezuelan Amazon ignited their daughter’s
interest in flying, they soared back into
aviation. Peg recertified by September 2007, and
then earned her instrument rating in 2009. Now
commercially rated, Peg is starting her CFI
training, combining a gift for teaching with her
love of flying. "When you fly, you move people.
When you teach
people to fly, you
move
generations."
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| Kjersti
Boe, Minnesota Chapter |
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I am an outdoor adventure
seeker, so being a pilot is good for my
well-being. My family notices if I haven’t been
flying for a while because I start to become
irritable. Education is also important to me
which is why I am working towards my Master’s
degree in Aeronautical Science with
Embry-Riddle. My real passion is traveling
internationally and learning new things. I hope
to move back to Norway with my Norwegian husband
and become active in the aviation community
there. I am very grateful to The 99s and truly
value the comradeship which is unmatched by
other organizations.
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Jessica Miller, Minnesota Chapter |
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I started flying at 15
in an Aeronca Champ with an Aviation Explorer
Post based in Hutchinson, Minnesota and soloed
on my 16th
birthday. I am
very excited to work on my instrument rating; it
will put me one step closer to teaching others
how to fly. I’m overly enthusiastic about
extending my passion for aviation to other young
people! I have had my pilot’s license for two
years and in those two years I flew to all 136
airports in Minnesota, finished 7th
of 32 teams
in the Air Race Classic and volunteered at
numerous youth aviation days. I am Vice-Chair of
the Minnesota Chapter and have met many
wonderful women through this organization. Thank
you to everyone who has ever donated to the
AEMSF to help make my instrument rating
possible!
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| Kandace
Rawling, Wisconsin Chapter |
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Being a pilot isn’t about
what I do; it is about who I am. I love aviation
from ultralights to air-liners! If I weren’t a
pilot I don’t know what I’d do. I’ve done other
things of course but, when I’m in the air I feel
as if that is where I was meant to be. I’m
currently a Sport Pilot CFI and have recently
obtained my Instrument - Airplane and Commercial
ASEL ratings. I’m working on being a dual-rated
CFI, Helicopter and Airplane. I love teaching
people to fly! With the help of The 99’s
scholarship, I’ll be able to achieve my goals
much sooner!
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AEMSF Scholarships