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hiwt@welding.org HOBART INSTITUTE OF WELDING TECHNOLOGY

HOBART INSTITUTE RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN 2012

The Hobart Institute recognizes excellence in performance of
people who go above and beyond the requirements or levels of
desirability to exceed normal expectations. Those who have
met these goals in this past quarter are listed. A complete list
may be found on the HIWT website at http://www.welding.
org/news.aspx?showarticle=22.

HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEvEMENT
Hobart Institute provides two levels of academic achievement.
This recognition is based on the grade point average of students
in the five or nine-month programs at HIWT. Candidates for
this award must reach a GPA of 3.5 to 3.79 to receive high
honors and 3.8 to 4.0 to receive the highest honors.

High honors this quarter go to Ethan Merten - Hart, MI.
Students are encouraged to learn what scholarships may be
PERFECT ATTENDANCE
Students may achieve this status by attending Hobart Institute available in their home areas and make sure to apply for them.
in the five month Structural Welding Program or the nine- Many community foundations and local AWS chapters offer
month Combination Structural and Pipe Welding Program scholarships as well as the foundations of various companies
without missing even one day of class. Hobart Institute and commercial businesses. Visit the Hobart Institute website
congratulations these students who have made this extra at http://www.welding.org/s-18-scholarships.aspx and review
effort. Future employers take notice of this achievement and just a few of the potential scholarships.
students are encouraged to strive for this goal.

Nine Months of Perfect Attendance
Perfect attendance in the Combination Structural and Pipe
Welding Program this quarter was earned by Jeremy L.
Cummins - Prosperity, Georgia; Todd V. Dunn - Xenia,
Ohio; Robert B. Henry - Leeper, Pennsylvania; Taylor A.
Rydzewski - Alexandria, Kentucky; Kevin Yell - Hesperia,
Michigan.

Five Months of Perfect Attendance
A perfect attendance award in the Structural Welding Program
this quarter goes to Kurt M. Waldron - Waynesboro,
Pennsylvania.

RECENT SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTED
It is important to recognize each student along with the
organizations or individuals who are providing these
scholarships. Hobart Institute encourages future students to
seek scholarships in their home areas as well as to apply for
national scholarships. There are many scholarships available
to students seeking welding education. Additional scholarship
information may be found on the HIWT website at http://
www.welding.org/s-18-scholarships.aspx.

Justin Jacks of Pomeroy, Ohio, was granted a scholarship
from the Robert Wingett Charitable Trust. Jay Brinegar
of Bloomfield, Indiana, was awarded the Robert Bercaw
Scholarship by the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology.

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