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Rolls-Royce has donated $50,000 to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University (ERAU) to endow several named Customer Business
scholarships at the school. All Rolls-Royce Customer Business scholars
will be selected by the ERAU Scholarship Committee and the first
recipients are expected to be named this fall.
Rolls-Royce initiated support for Embry-Riddle in 2003 announcing
donations in excess of $1.6 million - a combination of in-kind gifts
and scholarship funding. That year, the company provided two engines,
training support, engine hardware and initial scholarship funds to the
school. Since then, the engines have been housed in the Rolls-Royce
Propulsion & Systems Laboratory in the College of Aviation building on
the school's Daytona Beach campus. The Lab is used to teach the
fundamentals of propulsion systems and technology to students in the
Aeronautical Sciences program. Scholarship funding has been paid to
the school on an annual basis since 2003, with the final installment
delivered this year.
David Waggoner, Rolls-Royce Vice President and a 1986 ERAU
graduate, presented the final payment to the school during the
Experimental Aircraft Association Conference in OshKosh, Wisconsin,
earlier this year. "Customer relationships and quality are critical to
the future of our industry. These Rolls-Royce scholarships honor a
dedication to both as well as excellence in academic performance. We
are delighted to support Embry-Riddle through this new partnership,"
Waggoner said.
Accepting on behalf of the school, Dan Montplaisir, Vice President
of Advancement for ERAU added: "We are proud of our partnership with
Rolls-Royce, and look forward to establishing this scholarship program
and identifying the inaugural recipients of this annual award during
this school year."
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Corporate note to editors:
1. Rolls-Royce Customer Business Scholarships are available to
students at either of the school's campuses -- Daytona Beach, FL
or Prescott, AZ -- who meet the following criteria:
-- Full-time undergraduate student with a grade point average of
3.3 or better;
-- Business or other relevant major; and
-- US or UK citizen.
2. Recipients selected in their junior year will be awarded the
scholarship for their senior year as well. In addition,
recipients will have the opportunity to intern at Rolls-Royce and
to receive undergraduate credit from ERAU.
3. Rolls-Royce, world-leading provider of power systems and services
for use on land, at sea and in the air, operates in four global
markets - civil aerospace, defense aerospace, marine and energy.
In 2006, annual sales totaled $14.8 billion, of which 53 percent
are services revenues.
4. A significant and growing business in North America, Rolls-Royce
employs nearly 8,000 people at more than 66 US locations in 26
states and seven sites in six Canadian provinces.
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