RM of Wilton hands out annual post secondary scholarships
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Four deserving youngsters are getting some extra change as they venture beyond the secondary school level.
Every year, the RM of Wilton Council awards four $1000 scholarships to graduating students that live within the Municipality.
This year the hardworking foursome are Emma McLauchlan, Tillie Jones, Samantha Kenyon and Brant Stephens.
Applicants are evaluated and scored on industry of choice, financial need, academic achievement and community citizenship. Priority weighting is based on industry along with community citizenship.
In congratulating the recipients, Wilton Council acknowledged the increasing cost of education and welcomed the opportunity to support future community leaders.
A team of University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering students, professors and researchers has been awarded a $12.5 million NASA contract to test and build a space exploration device over the next four years.
The group is creating a charge management system for the LISA space project, a cutting-edge technology system designed to trail behind the Earth as it orbits the sun and intercept gravitational waves.
Those measurements can then be interpreted by scientists to determine what caused the waves, like the collision of two black holes, for example, and help discover otherwise unseen areas of space, regardless of how many light years away the events occurred, said John Conklin, project director.