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Scholarship Winners Eye Job Market
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| Julia Goins |
Last year’s winners of the AAMI Foundation’s Michael J. Miller Scholarship Program are finding out that the $2,500 award does more than pay for books.
“I will be able to list it on my resume,” says Iulia Goins, a student in the biomedical equipment technology program at Indiana University– Purdue University in Indianapolis, IN. “I think that is going to increase my chances of getting a job.”
Goins and Catherine Weitenbeck, a clinical engineering student at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, each won a $2,500 scholarship in 2011. The program, entering its third year and named after longtime AAMI leader Michael J. Miller, annually recognizes a student who wants to be a biomedical equipment technician and another who wants a career in clinical engineering.
Both Goins and Weitenbeck got free passes to the AAMI 2011 Annual Conference& Expo, which Weitenbeck says presented some great networking opportunities.
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| Catherine Weitenbeck |
“The conference helped me learn about the many hospitals and companies where I could look for a job, and the different opportunities there are for clinical engineers,” she says.
Both said the scholarship helped ease the financial burden of going to school. “I could focus on my internship and academic work instead of worrying about student fees,” says Weitenbeck, who is searching for a job. She is set to graduate this month with a master’s degree in biomedical engineering with a specialty in clinical engineering.
Goins plans to graduate after the next semester. “I am very excited about getting a job and seeing what the future holds, she says.”
Want to make a difference? To learn more about the scholarship program, including how to make a donation, visit www.aami.org/foundation/scholarship. Look for the winners of the 2012 scholarships in the June issue of AAMI News.
AAMI News: May 2012, Vol. 47, No. 5