Scholarship Page

COPAMA Scholarship Awards                District Science Day Awards

These are just some of the recipients of the Testing And Merit Scholarships, over the years.

2006 Awards

COPAMA awards Testing Scholarships for 2006 at January meeting.

Sixteen students of CSCC's Aviation Maintenance Technology were awarded Testing Scholarships by The Central Ohio Professional Aviation Maintenance Association. The scholarship pays for the students nine FAA Certification Tests (3 written exams, 3 oral examinations, and 3 practical exams) which costs $700. Awardees' were Perry Chappano, Josh Kotalic, Jeremy McMullen, Chris Sherard, James Van Dyke, Mark Zimmerman, Dan Gillespie, Charles Lawrence, Jason Newton, Tim Sholl, Mark Volz, Robert Kesterson, Zach Ludi, Joe Rayburn, Troy Tector, and Sean Wise

2007 Awards

2007 Testing Scholarships awarded at January Meeting.

The January 2007 meeting included the presentation of COPAMA Testing Scholarship awards. This year 16 applicants were awarded a total of $7400.00. We wish them well in the pursuit of their A&P certification and entry into the aviation industry.
The recipients were....
Richard Brown, Christopher Holm, Dean Hamel, Bylaw Javan, Nicholas Johnson, Steven Lahr, Zachary Ludi, Jeremy McMullen, Jeromy Menner, James Sherard, Kevin O'Sullivan, Jeff Stiles, Kristina Triner, Jim VanDyke, Rhoan Wallace and Joshua Westoven.

Tuition Scholarships awarded at 2007 Maintenance Symposium dinner.

2008 Awards

COPAMA Awards Testing and Tuition Scholarships for Spring 2008 at March 19th Meeting.

During the March meeting at JPs Barbeque, the COPAMA Scholarship Fund awarded $7000 in funds to many students from Columbus State Maintenance Technology. Testing Scholarships totaling $3000.00 were awarded to Kyle Beachy, Michael Davies, Dan Gubermath, Ray Hanson and Jonathan Taggart. Tuition Scholarships totaling $4000.00 were awarded to Michael Davies, Jonah McGarvey, Ben Ndiaye, Scott Smith and Jonathan Taggart.

This years awards bring the total to almost $37,000 that have been disbursed through the fund since COPAMA's establishment back in 2002. We want to wish all our scholarship students well in their pursuit of careers in the aviation industry and thank our Scholarship Committee members for their time spent and dedication. They are Paul Gillenwater, Jeff Gruber, Cliff Kelling, Joe Lippert, Lowell Dowler and Chairman Gene Sprang.

2009

Students receive Scholarship Awards at Maintenance Symposium in March

COPAMA gave it's Tuition Scholarship awards to 5 applicants. Monetary awards totaling $3700.00 were presented to Andrew Sisinger, Joe Boyer, Ian Frias, Rajah Ishwar and Curtis Cox. They all participated in an interview process with our Scholarship Committee members, geared to give them experience for their job search interviews.

We wish them well as they graduate from Columbus State and pursue jobs in the aviation industry or higher education. Thanks also to the committee members that went through the applications and interview results to decide the ranking of the applicants based on merit, need and future goals in our industry.

2010 Awards

13 Students received Testing Scholarships at the January 2010 meeting.

President Gene Sprang announced the 2010 Testing Scholarship recipients at the first meeting of 2010. The 13 applicants were awarded scholarships for the 2010 year. Pictured above are Marco Balke, Mark Bibbee, James Byington,  Curtis Cox, Charles Jenkins, Ed Erwin and Sean Scott. Recipients not in the photograph were Ryan Cherwein, Ian Frias, Jake Julian, Dan Murphy, Josh Neumann and Sarah Osborne

Total mount given to the testing scholarship was $7,745. Gene also expressed thanks to the members of the Scholarship Committee for their hard work. The members of the Committee are Lowell Dowler, Joe Lippert Paul Gillenwater, and Cliff Kelling.

2011 Awards

9 Testing Scholarships awarded at February Meeting

Nine Scholarship Award certificates were presented to this years recipients at the February Meeting. Those students in attendance are pictured in the left photo above. They were (L to R)Richard Whiteside, Jeffrey Topp, Nathan Sauer and Chad Mayeran. The right photo shows award recipients Dustin Watson, Eric Rahaman and Chad Houser. Scholarship recipients not pictured are David Antle and Haitam Sheikh. We wish them well in their pursuit of careers in Aviation Maintenance.

District 7 Science Day Awards

COPAMA participates each year at the District 7 Science Day held on a Saturday in the middle of March. After reviewing the Science Fair Entries from local elementary, middle and high school students that relate to aviation or related technologies, our volunteer judges pick 3 students to receive $100, $75 and $50 for our selected 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards. Up to two other students received Certificates of Honorable Mention and all recipients are encouraged to continue their study of aviation related sciences. Click on the logo above for more information about the District Science Day. COPAMA is proud to be a part of this program and help encourage the youth of today to be the aviators of tomorrow!

2006 Awards

COPAMA Participates in District Science Day, March 18th, 2006 at C.S.C.C. COPAMA members judged aviation related science projects at the District Science Day and gave out the following awards.

1st Place - Scott Mansfield - 6th Grader from Village Academy "What Airfoil and Angle of Attack Works Best".

2nd Place - Aeron Roach - 7th Grader from Sells Middle School "Winging It".

3rd Place - Nigel Mathias - 6th grader from Clintonville Academy "Finding the Shape with the Least Amount of Drag."

Honorable Mentions:
Ben Murray - 8th grade Hilltonia - "Which Aircraft will fly the farthest"
Team of Rebekah Harrison & Brittany Judhan - 9th Grade Harvest Prep - "How does weight effect a glider".

2007 Awards

1st Place Award: Ben Pifher 7th grade, Our Lady of Perpetual Help "Airfoil Types"	2nd Place Award: Ryan Patton 8th grade, Immaculate Conception "Electromagnetic Propulsion"	3rd Place Award: Michael Kovalchik 8th grade, Saint Paul's "3.2.1. Blast Off!"

Honorable Mentions Awards: Patrick Cantwell, 7th Grade, Saint Andrews and Thomas King, 8th grade, Saint Paul's

2008 Awards

1st Place Award: Matt Dunn 87th grade, Saint Brigid's "Wing Design and Flight"	2nd Place Award: Jonas Wahl 7th grade, Our Lady of Perpetual Help "Do Winglets Help a Plane?"	3rd Place Award: Dillon Stenger 9th grade, Big Walnut "Which Generates More?"

Honorable Mentions Awards: Brian Vetter, 7th Grade, Saint Andrews and Jeffrey Bell, 9th grade, Columbus East

2009 Awards located on the 2009 Events Page

2010 Awards located on the 2010 Events Page

2011 Awards located on the 2011 Events Page

This page was last updated on 01/24/12.