For Immediate Release
June 27, 2003
Contact: Nancy O’Liddy, Director of Public Affairs
703/838-1950 or noliddy@truckload.org
Truckload Carriers Association Awards Scholarships
Alexandria, VA, June 27, 2003 - The Truckload Carriers
Association Scholarship Fund continued its long tradition
of providing financial aid to truck drivers, their spouses,
children or grandchildren by awarding fifteen college scholarships
for the 2003-2004 academic year. The scholarships were awarded
on the basis of need, academic excellence, major field of
study and quality of an assigned essay. Special consideration
is given to those students studying in the field of transportation.
"The Scholarship Trustees are proud to have once again
been able to award scholarships to so many deserving students
- who care deeply about our industry," stated Barry Riley,
Chairman of the Scholarship Fund and President of United Carriers
Corp., Newark, OH. "The Scholarship Trustees thank all
those who contribute to the fund throughout the year - our
hope is to reach $1 million in the fund by 2006."
Recipients Receiving Memorial Scholarships in honor of Thomas
Welby and Kai Norris in the amount of $3,000 are:
- Susana Lucar-Cuculiza, a former employee of UPS
and Choice Cargo, is an International Business Administration
major at Grand Rapids Community College. Susana's goal is
to eventually manage a logistics branch office and achieve
maximum customer satisfaction.
- Christina Saint, whose father is a truck driver
for Crete Carrier Corporation, is studying business at Southeastern
College. Christina spent a summer traveling with her father
when she was thirteen and quickly discovered a love of travel
that has taken her to places as far as Suriname, South America.
Recipient of our Truck Writers of North America Scholarship
of $2,500 is:
- Jennifer Myrick, whose father-in-law is employed
by United Cartage Company, is an elementary education major
at Ball State University. After being awarded a scholarship
last year Jennifer began using trucking in her student teaching
experiences and found that "the trucking industry provides
countless opportunities for presenting relevant content
throughout the curriculum."
Recipients Receiving $2,000 Scholarships are:
- Max Fletcher is an accounting student at Indiana
Wesleyan University and a planner at Celadon Trucking Services,
Inc. Fletcher wrote, "The trucking industry has touched
my life in many ways. Every experience has been both positive
and beneficial."
- Jessica Meek, whose mother is employed by G &
P Trucking Company is an elementary education major at Clemson
University. She explained that her summer work at G &
P Trucking taught her responsibility, commitment, and integrity.
- Lori Neubauer is a criminal justice major at Metropolitan
State University; her father is employed by Dart Transit
Company. She remembers looking semi-trucks at age five with
astonishment and awe and writes that, "Now I see semi-trucks
on a regular basis, however, the astonishment and awe still
remains."
- Matthew Brand's connection to trucking is his mother,
an employee of Midwest Coast Transport. He is business management
major at the University of South Dakota. He would like to
work in the trucking business after earning his college
degree and finds that his connection to the industry motivates
him to excel academically.
- Arianna Magallon is a business management major
at the University of Houston and a safety clerk at W.W.
Rowland Trucking Co., Inc. She wrote her essay about the
misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding trucking, explaining
that "big trucks make big targets."
- Amanda Kissel is a small business management major
at the University of Akron and the granddaughter of a truck
driver. She wrote that seeing how much her grandfather enjoys
truck driving has inspired her to pursue her dream of opening
her own small business.
- Molly Geiger, whose father is employed by Crete
Carrier Corporation, is majoring in social work and Spanish
at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Geiger said that winning
a scholarship last year allowed her to volunteer at local
agencies relating to her field of study rather than working
extra jobs to pay for college.
- Kelly Quarmstrom, whose grandfather was an owner/operator,
is a transportation and logistics and international business
major at Iowa State University. Though she never met her
grandfather, Quarmstrom is inspired by his trucking career
and hopes to have a career in transportation and logistics.
- Brett Vaughn is a business major at Missouri Southern
State College and a mechanic for Sitton Motor Lines, he
works with his father who is the Director of Maintenance
at Sitton. Vaughn said that his work as a mechanic has taught
him how to be a leader and how to handle himself in high
stress situations.
- Amie Willoughby, a health sciences major at McMaster
University is the daughter of a truck driver for Erb Transport.
Willouhby explained how her father's career in the trucking
industry provided for her family and supported her physical
and emotional well-being.
- Angela Labrie, daughter of truck driver Daniel
Labrie, is studying business finance Bentley College. Labrie
traveled with her father many times and she feels these
experiences gave her the confidence to leave her small rural
town and relocate to Boston to pursue her studies.
- Erin Mullaugh is a chemistry major at the University
of Vermont whose father is employed by C-Line. Mullaugh
compared the trucking industry to the foundation of a very
tall building because everything we rely upon is made available
to us by the trucks that ship them.
Truckload Carriers Association Scholarship applications for
the 2004-2005 school year will be available in early April,
2004. For more information, call the association office and
ask for Aimee Cirucci at (703) 838-1950 or visit www.truckload.org/scholarships.htm.
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TCA is the only national trade association whose collective
sole focus is the truckload segment of the motor carrier industry.
The association represents dry van, refrigerated, flatbed,
and intermodal container carriers operating in the 48 contiguous
states as well as Alaska, Mexico, and Canada. Representing
operators of over 200,000 trucks, which collectively produce
an annual revenue of over $20 billion, TCA is an organization
tailored to specific truckload carrier needs.
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