SEMA News—October 2017

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By SEMA News Editors

2017 SEMA Memorial Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Award Winners Announced

The 2016 SEMA Memorial Scholarship winners at the SEMA Show with SEMA Immediate Past Chair Doug Evans (top row, far left), SEMA Chairman Wade Kawasaki (top row, second right) and SEMA President and CEO Chris Kersting (top row, right).

The SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund awarded $160,000 to 60 individuals this year, including 53 SEMA scholarships to current students and seven loan forgiveness awards to employees of SEMA-member companies.

“This year’s pool of scholarship winners represents the diversity of interests and disciplines that the automotive industry attracts,” said SEMA Board of Directors Chairman Wade Kawasaki. “SEMA is committed to offering support to the next generation of young men and women who will drive this industry for years to come.”

More than $2.2 million has been awarded to more than 1,300 deserving students since the program’s establishment in 1984. The SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund and the SEMA Loan Forgiveness Program are dedicated to fostering the next generation of automotive aftermarket industry leaders and innovators by helping them get off to a successful start in their education and automotive aftermarket careers.

Online applications for next year’s awards will be accepted from November 1, 2017, through March 1, 2018, at www.sema.org/scholarships.

For questions or additional information, contact SEMA Education Manager Juliet Marshall at 909-978-6655 or email julietm@sema.org.