REMSA offering college scholarships for member-company workers and family members NEWSWIRE

WASHINGTON — The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association is excited to announce its 2020 Undergraduate Scholarship Program. This year REMSA is awarding one President’s Scholarship in the amount of $7,500 as well as one $5,000 runner-up scholarship, and one individual scholarship at $2,500.

The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, May 29, 2020.

Please note due to the current landscape REMSA is primarily operating on a digital basis and requesting you submit your application and materials electronically to stern (at) remsa.org.

To be eligible for consideration, an applicant must:
•be a full- or part-time employee of a REMSA member company; or the spouse, son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter of a current full-time employee of a REMSA member company. An employee who is the scholarship applicant does not have to be a full-time employee. Interns are not eligible;
•be enrolled at the time of the application as a full-time college student at an accredited two-year college offering an associate’s degree or an accredited college or university offering a bachelor’s degree; and
•demonstrate successful completion of the previous year of study and a willingness to continue.

Please visit www.remsa.org/scholarships for information on the scholarship program, or click to download the REMSA 2020 Undergraduate Scholarship Application. 

This year’s essay question is:

Climate change is a frequently debated issue in today’s current events. In what ways does the freight rail industry benefit our environment? Do you think freight rail is a sustainable mode of transport when considering both the environment and the North American economy? Why or why not?

For more information regarding the REMSA Scholarship Program, please contact Madeleine Stern at stern (at) remsa.org or (202) 715-2919.

From a REMSA news release. May 11, 2020.