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IUOE Family Members Awarded Union Plus Scholarships Winners Honored for Achievement and Union Values Union Plus has recently awarded $150,000 in scholarships to 115 students representing 36 unions, including eight winners representing the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), in the 2013 Union Plus Scholarship Program. “The union movement believes strongly in education, which for generations has helped working people to advance their own careers and improve the lives of their children,” says Leslie Tolf, president of Union Privilege, the organization that provides Union Plus benefits for union families. “These days, however, rising tuitions and expensive student loans are putting higher education out of reach for many working families. That’s why we continue our long commitment to funding college scholarships to help union families achieve their dreams.” Learn More About the Union Plus Scholarship Program Union Plus Scholarship awards are granted to students attending a two-year college, four-year college, graduate school or a recognized technical or trade school. Since starting the program in 1991, Union Plus has awarded more than $3.5 million in educational funding to more than 2,300 union members, spouses and dependent children. Recipients are selected based on academic ability, social awareness, financial need and appreciation of labor. Visit UnionPlus.org/Education for applications and benefit eligibility. Meet the 2013 IUOE Honorees IUOE Local 3—Andrew Gonzales Andrew Gonzales of Winters, CA, whose father Ralph Gonzales Jr. is a member of IUOE Local 3, has been awarded a $500 scholarship. Raising and showing livestock is one of Andrew’s great passions. Another is the small town he calls home and where he volunteers his time serving others. He is grateful for the union wages that help keep his family strong, saying “We are an example of a middle-class family who works hard to be successful community members.” IUOE Local 12—Bansari Patel Bansari Patel of Westminster, CA, whose father Ashokbhai Patel is a member of IUOE Local 12, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship. People sometimes ask Bansari if his parents have pressured him to become a doctor. No, he tells them, “This has been entirely my choice.” His father’s union membership, on the other hand, has strongly affected the way Bansari sees the world. Unions create hope for working people, he says, and “I want to be able to do the same.” IUOE Local 18—Rachel Whynott Rachel Whynott of Northfield, OH, whose father Kevin Whynott is a member of IUOE Local 18, has been awarded a $750 scholarship. When it comes to service, Rachel not only talks the talk, but also walks the walk with genuine commitment and compassion. The third-year medical student volunteers her time at a free clinic, has gone on a medical mission to Honduras and helped to educate people about breast cancer. “As a physician,” she promises, “I hope to continue to give my time to the underserved both at home and abroad.” 22 international operating engineer Bansari Patel
IUOE Local 150—Tayler Miller Tayler Miller of Fairbury, IL, whose father Bruce Miller is a member of IUOE Local 150, has been awarded a $500 scholarship. Some of the people in Tayler’s town hold anti-union feelings out of ignorance. So she tries to tell them the truth about her father’s 38 years in IUOE, about the good wages and benefits of his union job, and about the way IUOE stood by him when he was injured. “We have been truly blessed,” Tayler says. She is studying radiography. IUOE Local 324—Courtney Doan Courtney Doan of East Lansing, MI, whose father Dean Doan is a member of IUOE Local 324, has been awarded a $750 scholarship. Courtney Rachel Whynott works with animals, volunteers with animals and aspires to a career taking care of animals. The veterinary medicine student would like to start her own large animal practice one day, serving a need in Central Michigan while nurturing her abiding passion. IUOE Local 399—Rachel Pellegrino Rachel Pellegrino of Chicago, IL, whose father Robert Pellegrino is a member of IUOE Local 399, has been awarded a $4,000 scholarship. Rachel is an awardwinning volleyball player, exceptional student and an active volunteer. She also works up to 20 hours a week at an ice cream shop, and has done so since she was 14. “I strive for excellence in my performance and my ice cream cones,” she says. The hardworking daughter of a two-union household (her mother is an AFT member), Rachel is studying medicine on the path to become a doctor. “I will stop at nothing until I am one,” she says. IUOE Local 825— Ellysa Lamperti Ellysa Lamperti of Port Murray, NJ, whose father David Lamperti is a member of IUOE Local Courtney Doan 825, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship. Elyssa is a high-achiever who has played three varsity sports and captained two of the teams, all the while earning grades that have put her in the top 10 of her class. Alyssa knows “pride, professionalism and integrity” are important hallmarks of the IUOE and she intends to incorporate those hallmarks while pursuing a career in engineering. Ellysa Lamperti IUOE Local 841—Ethan Fitzwilliam Ethan Fitzwilliam of Mason, IL, whose father Tom Fitzwilliam is a member of IUOE Local 841, has been awarded a $750 scholarship. Watching his father and grandfather in their jobs operating heavy equipment helped inspire Ethan to a career. “I want to be the guy that helps design these great machines,” he says. He says being a mechanical engineer would be the “best job ever.” summer 2013 23
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