Microsemi Renews Student Development Initiatives In Ireland
Zacks Investment Research | Aug 23, 2016 10:36PM ET
Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ:MSCC) continues to support engineering excellence at the University of Limerick, Ennis, Ireland. It recently renewed its current 50,000 euros scholarship program. The company also unveiled the "Microsemi Women in Engineering" scholarship award and announced its first recipient.
Details of the Programs
The 50,000 euros scholarship program was launched back in 2012. Under this program, a first-year engineering student of the University receives 3,000 euros per academic year or 12000 euros in total.
The company also declared an annual cash price to a student for each of the four academic years from 2012/13 to 2015/16.
Under the renewed program beginning Dec 2016, four new engineering students will receive this cash price each December for four years. Selection will be based on the scores in the Leaving Certificate.
Under the new "Microsemi Women in Engineering" scholarship program, the best performing female student graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering in Design and Manufacture, Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic and Computer Engineering or Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, will receive a one-time 2,000 euros award.
This year, Eimear O'Sullivan graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic and Computer Engineering degree, with a First Class Honours will receive this award in late August.
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