Scholarship Opportunities
Pictured above from top left
are CAI Executive
Director Ross J. Pepe, Labor Attorney Alex Miuccio, Scholarship
Committee Chairman Andy Arena,
Construction Attorney Tom Welby, CAI Program Director Laurel Brunelle,
Calgi Construction Co. President Dominic Calgi, CAI Chairman Vincent
Colletti, BCA President Mark Fante. Also shown from left are CAI
College Scholarship Grant recipients Danielle Ferri, Joseph Piaza, Lisa
Ferri, Eric Lorenz and Justin Lundy.
Construction Advancement Institute
Awards Six $3,000 College Scholarship Grant
TARRYTOWN, NY - The
Construction Advancement
Institute, a leading non-profit advocacy group works to improve
construction industry activities in the region, awarded six college
scholarships at an awards luncheon here on July 1, 2010. Each
student received a $3,000 grant for undergraduate studies, it was
announced by Vincent Colletti, chairman of the organization The
Construction Advancement Institute.
"The CAI developed this program to encourage
students to pursue careers
in public works and civil construction and to strengthen the depth of
the workforce of the future," Mr. Colletti explained. "The
construction industry has always been dependent upon new blood joining
the workforce with new ideas, enthusiasm and vision. We want to
continue that tradition and encourage that process which will benefit
public works as well as private-sector construction and
building."
The winners of the 2010 CAI Scholarships are: Molley Rooney, 18,
of Patchogue, NY who will attend Binghamton University in
Binghamton, NY, pursuing a degree in Engineering; Joseph Piaza, 19, of
South Salem, NY, who will attend
Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY, pursuing a degree
in Engineering; Justin Lundy, 18, of Wallkill, NY, who will attend
Boston University in Boston, pursuing a degree
in Engineering; Eric Lorenz, 18, of Briarcliff Manor, NY will
attend Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, pursuing a degree in
Biochemical Engineering & Applied
Mathematics; Lia Ferri, 21, of Cortlandt Manor, NY who will be a
junior at Quinnipac University in Hamden, CT, continuing her degree in
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with a minor in Economics; and Danielle
Ferri, 18, or Cortlandt Manor, NY will
attend Villanova University near Philadelphia pursuing a degree in
Mathematics.
To be eligible for college
scholarship consideration, students must be closely related to someone
who is an employee of a company that contributes to the Construction
Industry Advancement of Westchester & the Mid-Hudson Region, or be
a child of a union member that particpates in the Industry Advancement
Programs. These organizations represent more than 25 companies
and
more than 15,000 workers who are employees of companies or members of
Carpenters Local No. 11 of Hawthorne, NY, Operating Enigeers Local No.
137 of Briarcliff Manor, NY, Laborers Local No. 253 of Elmsford, NY,
and Bricklayers Local No. 5 of Newburgh,
NY. For more information about the Construction Advancement
Institute Scholarship program contact Laurel Brunelle at 914-631-6060
or
visit the CAI's wesite at www.caiwestchester.org.
For more information about
the CAl Scholarship Program, contact
Laurel A. Brunelle at (914) 631-6070.
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