Scholarships

SWE Greatland 2024 Scholarships

The Society of Women Engineers Greatland Section is pleased to offer one $2,000 and two $1,500 scholarships to female high school seniors in Alaska planning to pursue a degree in engineering. Please fill out the application below and submit to the SWE Greatland Scholarship Committee by Wednesday, February 7, 2024.

All application materials should be mailed in one large envelope to:
SWE Greatland Section Scholarship Committee
c/o DOWL
Attn: Brita Mjos
5015 Business Park Blvd. Suite 4000
Anchorage, Alaska 99503

Note: Scholarship applications may be accepted electronically only upon prior arrangements with
the scholarship chair Christina Golden at akswescholarship@gmail.com.

Note: The scholarship application is available in editable pdf format on the SWE website at:
http://www.swealaska.org/scholarships.html

If you have any questions, contact:
​Christina Golden, EIT
SWE – Greatland Section Scholarship Committee Chair
akswescholarship@gmail.com

Recipients from Previous Years 

2023
Annika Langland
Anna Hyer

2022
Hannah Goldman – Frontier Charter School
Nancy Liddle – Thunder Mountain HS
Maia Brown – Dimond HS

2021
Jillian Holland – MatSu Middle College School
Hannah Greene – East Anchorage HS
Harlie Lewallen – Dimond HS

2020
Casey Gooch – MatSu Career and Tech HS
Taylor Stone – West Anchorage HS
Abby Thomas – South Anchorage HS
Chloe Maynard – Monroe Catholic

2019
Nikira Lane – Dimond HS
Keegan Blain – Dimond HS

2018
Anya Jeppson – Eagle River HS
Hanna Fitzgerald – Chugiak HS
Emma Levy – East HS

2017
Sidney Feige – Palmer HS
Laura Flodin – Chugiak HS/Alaska Middle College
Victoria Nelson – Palmer HS

2016
Merryn Daniel – West HS
Kacy Grundhauser – Steller Secondary School
Mikaela Salzetti – Kenai Central HS


2015                                                                                   
Jennifer Hannah – West Valley HS                                  

Megan English – Soldotna HS                                          
​Kari Jahnsen – South Anchorage HS                             

2014
Melissa Frey – Chugiak HS
Jennifer Tuttle – South Anchorage HS
Brooke Estes – Seward HS

2013                                                                                  
Alaina Hawley – Dimond HS                                            
Evie Anderson – Anchorage Christian School              
​Karissa Land – Haines Borough HS                               

2012
Lauren Summers – Dimond HS
Liliane Ulukivaiola – East HS
Sara Falconer – Dimond HS

2011                                                                                  
​Caitlin DeRocher – Juneau Douglas HS                         
​Shaynee DeVito – Kenai Central HS                               
​ 
2010
Melissa Crapps – South HS
Haley Nelson – Juneau Douglas HS                                                                                     Critchett – Homer HS

2009                                                                                 
​Summer Holt – Service HS

2008                                              
​Marina Critchett – Homer HS
Margaret Dunn – East HS
​Roxanne Risse – South HS


National Scholarships
Society of Women Engineers awards a great number of national scholarships every year. Eligible applicants include college freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors along with graduate students and women who have been out of the engineering workforce as well as out of school for a minimum of two years prior to reentry. To learn more about these scholarships that are available, click here Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Program. Depending on your class/status, scholarship deadlines are usually February 1st for sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students and are usually May 15th for college freshmen and reentry applicants. 

Below are links to other national scholarships that you may qualify for:

The School of Engineering at University of Alaska Anchorage posts scholarship announcements for college engineering students. To view this current listing for the available scholarships and deadline information, click here.