Our Testimonials

The Alaska Engineering Education Fund is helping provide me a path to my dreams as a nuclear engineer. I plan to study nuclear engineering at the University of Michigan starting in the fall of 2023 and the scholarships they have granted me go a long way in making this path attainable to me.

~ Will Tomeo

Thank you so much for the scholarship and all the support! I am so excited to be going to college, especially because of this year’s unique situation. I am attending Brigham Young University and the classes are about half in person, half online with a few adjustments to reduce health risks even further. I just completed my first full week of college courses! I’ll be honest, things are moving very fast already, but I love it. I am taking two classes that are directly tied to my declared major, chemical engineering. The ChEn class that I am most excited for is held in the brand new engineering building and the lab is beautiful! I have a few ideas rolling around in my head on where I want to go with that, from textiles to outer space to reducing plastic in the environment. All of them are, of course, amazing, but I’m also excited to discover more awesome things that chemical engineers can do. Regardless of what I choose to do exactly, I want to make the world a little better than I found it. I think everyone wants to do that. Most people keep it at wanting to change the world, but you did it! You got me to college, and that made my world better.

Although times have been different than I was expecting, I have been blessed with a safe home, a summer job, and a plan for the rest of the year. I’ve been lucky enough to have had a summer job at a local garden center, so with the money I earned from the summer employment and your scholarship, I can completely avoid debt for my freshman year. That is huge for my future. One thing I learned in my personal finance class is once you gain debt, it is extremely difficult to get rid of. This scholarship gives me the boost I needed to start my college years off right, without debt or worry of it. I’m looking forward to this fall and all of the good or learning experiences that I will have.

Thank you again! I am grateful for every opportunity I have been given that has gotten me here, and I’m looking forward to seeing where your opportunity will take me in the future.

~ Casey Gooch

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Alaska Engineering Education Foundation for selecting me as a AEEF scholarship recipient. I am very grateful for your generous gift and humbled to have been chosen for this award knowing that there were many qualified applicants. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement. I have been accepted at UAF in Civil Engineering and Accounting starting in the fall of 2020. Receiving the AEEF scholarship has truly taken away some of the financial burden associated with pursuing a higher level of education and allows me to focus on school and achieve my career goals.

On behalf of the student winners, thank you for continuing to inspire and foster the Alaskan future. ~ Anthony Iles

I would like to thank all of my wonderful teachers family and friends for helping me get through school. I’m supper excited for learning all about electrical engineering, and even more excited about using what I learned in real life. Thank you! ~ Martin (Marty) Rygh

“I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.” (quote by Robert H. Schuller) ~ Emerson Moser

It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by the finest engineers in Alaska as a recipient of AEEF scholarship. It is my post-graduation goal to give back the best of Engineering and Support to every community that I call home. ~ Nataliya Udovyk

Thank you AEEF for supporting me in my educational journey! It encourages me to continue to work hard on my education knowing that others believe in my abilities and potential to succeed. ~ Ainsley Burch

I would like to thank the AEEF for investing in the next generation of engineers and personally supporting my education. ~ Austin Edwards

I am honored be an AEEF scholarship recipient and volunteer with MATHCOUNTS. Thank you to AEEF for your continued support of the engineering community here in Alaska! ~ Kacy Grundhauser

I am now a month into my schooling at UAF and am looking forward to all the opportunities that will be opening as I acquire my bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. I am very grateful for the AEEF scholarship as it helps me with my overall expenses. ~ Trevar Fiscus

Thank you for your support of my education. I am very grateful that the Alaska engineering community supports the next generation of local engineers. I am currently enrolled at Montana State University in Bozeman studying Civil Engineering with a focus in Bio-Resources. ~ Mary Burr