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Vermont Enterprise Journal <\/strong>GlobalFoundries Inc (GF)\u00a0(NASDAQ: GFS), a world chief in feature-rich semiconductor\u00a0manufacturing, pronounces its first scholarship program for college kids at Vermont Tech. The GF Scholarship Program will provide an annual $5,000 scholarship and a paid summer time internship to 3 chosen candidates from Vermont Tech\u2019s Mechanical\/Manufacturing Engineering Know-how, and\/or Electrical\/Electromechanical Engineering Diploma, and\/or Diesel, and\/or Automotive Know-how Program.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cVermont Tech graduates proceed to impress me with their data and abilities, work ethic, and their distinctive capacity to study and apply in any work setting, primarily based on the hands-on expertise they achieve throughout their faculty schooling,\u201d stated\u00a0John Lafreniere<\/a>, Fab 9 Deputy Director of Engineering Operations at GF, who graduated from Vermont Tech in 1987 with an\u00a0affiliate\u2019s diploma in Electrical Engineering Know-how<\/a>\u00a0and later earned a\u00a0bachelor\u2019s diploma in Enterprise Know-how and Administration<\/a>. \u201cLarger schooling accelerates the profession path for our staff, serving to them get the place they need to go sooner with important ROI for his or her funding in at the least two years of school.\u201d<\/p>\n The scholarships will likely be awarded as follows:\u00a0<\/p>\n \u200b\u201cWe’re elated to deepen our relationship with GlobalFoundries,\u201d stated Kelly Boulan, Improvement and Alumni Relations specialist at Vermont Tech. \u201cThis beneficiant scholarship program builds on the GF apprenticeship program and lunch-and-learn lecture collection, amongst so many different methods GF helps our college students. We’re happy to supply yet one more alternative for college kids to succeed and thrive of their post-graduate careers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Although precedence will likely be given to Vermont residents, the scholarships are open to out-of-state college students. Candidates have to be enrolled within the\u00a0Mechanical Engineering Know-how<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0Manufacturing Engineering Know-how<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0Electrical\/Electromechanical Engineering Diploma Program<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0Automotive Know-how Program<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0Diesel Know-how Program<\/a>\u00a0and preserve a 2.5 GPA or greater. To totally obtain the $5,000 scholarship, college students should efficiently full GF\u2019s paid summer time internship.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThroughout my time at Vermont Tech, I realized hands-on technical abilities in addition to the best way to talk in knowledgeable setting. These are attributes which have allowed me to succeed throughout my profession from machining and welding, to instructing and now in engineering,\u201d stated Wesley McEntee, Tools Engineer, GF, and Vermont Tech graduate (AE. MEC 2016 & BS. MAN 2018).\u00a0<\/p>\n GF will announce the inaugural scholarship awardees at a proper dinner being held on October 25, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe schooling and expertise that I obtained at Vermont Tech ready me to successfully study and apply new data for each position I’ve undertaken at GlobalFoundries. This has enabled me to efficiently develop my profession by means of the years from a Technician to my present Engineer place,\u201d stated Benjamin Broe, Tools Engineer, GF, and Vermont Tech graduate (AE. EET 2000 & BS. BUS 2010).\u00a0<\/p>\n About GF<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n GlobalFoundries Inc. (GF) is without doubt one of the world\u2019s main semiconductor producers. GF is redefining innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by growing and delivering feature-rich course of expertise options that present management efficiency in pervasive excessive progress markets. GF gives a novel mixture of design, growth and fabrication companies. With a gifted and various workforce and an at-scale manufacturing footprint spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted expertise supply to its worldwide prospects. For extra info, go to\u00a0www.gf.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n About Vermont Tech\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Vermont Tech is a small public faculty with large outcomes. We provide technical schooling in a variety of fields, together with agriculture, laptop sciences, engineering, well being and life sciences, {and professional} research. College students might earn bachelor’s and affiliate levels in addition to certificates at any of our two residential campuses in Randolph Heart and Williston, and 18 satellite tv for pc campuses throughout the state. We rank #1 in Vermont and within the 96th percentile nationally for return on funding of tuition {dollars}. Graduates receive careers of their discipline of examine with an annual placement charge of 99-100%. On July 1, 2023, Vermont Tech will be part of with Castleton College and Northern Vermont College to develop into Vermont State College, a reimagined greater schooling establishment constructing on the sturdy legacies of its founding establishments. Study extra at\u00a0VTC.edu<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Essex Junction, Vt.\u00a0\u2013 GlobalFoundries Inc 9.22.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n