AFCEA WAR VETERANS SCHOLARSHIP

List of Winners

The AFCEA War Veterans Scholarships are offered twice each year to active-duty and honorably discharged U.S. military veterans (to include Reservists and National Guard personnel) of the Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) or Iraqi Freedom Operations.  Each scholarship award is $2,500.  These scholarships are cosponsored by the AFCEA Northern Virginia (NOVA) Chapter and the AFCEA Educational Foundation.  For more information and/or to apply for one of these scholarships click here. 

Winners of the scholarships to date are:

April 2009:

Mr. Isaac Detrinidad (retired U.S. Marine Corps) *

Aerospace Engineering

Purdue University
* Click here for SIGNAL article featuring Mr. Detrinidad

SSG Kyle Douglas Teague (Army Active Reserves)

Mathematics Education

Kent State University

Mr. Derek Richard Vardon (former Navy)

Engineering

University of Illinois

Mr. Robert Zwecker (Navy Inactive Reserves)

Engineering

Rochester Institute of Technology

November 2008:

Mr. Joshua Padilla Javier (former U.S. Army)

Computer & Electrical Engineering Technology
ECPI College of Technology 

SSgt Matthew Lawrence Rostine, USMC

Computer Science

University of Arizona  

Mr. Grafton Ernest Skaggs (U.S. Navy, inactive Reserves)

Electrical Engineering

West Virginia University Institute of Technology

April 2008:

Mr. Isaac Detrinidad (retired U.S. Marine Corps)

Aerospace Engineering

Purdue University

Sgt Joshua J. Kroll, USMC

Electrical Engineering

Florida Community College

Mr. Antonio C. Molina (former U.S. Army)

Computer Engineering

Saint Petersburg College

November 2007:

Sgt Anthony Joe Gantt, USMC

Electrical Engineering

Florida A&M University

SSG Steven Curtis Hayes (Virginia Army National Guard)

Global Affairs/International Conflict & Resolution

George Mason University

Mr. Grafton E. Skaggs (U.S. Navy, inactive Reserves)

Electrical Engineering

West Virginia University Institute of Technology

April 2007:

SSgt Isaac Detrinidad, USMC

Aerospace Engineering

Cuyamaca College

SSG Paul Francis Ingram (Ohio Army National Guard)

Physics/Math minor

Ohio University

Sgt Matthew L. Rostine, USMC

Computer Science

University of Arizona

November 2006:

Mr. Taha Ferozpuri (former U.S. Marine Corps)

Electrical Engineering

Northern Virginia Community College

Mr. Edmon R. Salcedo (former U.S. Marine Corps)

Electrical Engineering

Cal Poly Pomona

Mr. Grafton E. Skaggs (U.S. Navy inactive Reserves)

Electrical Engineering

West Virginia University Institute of Technology

April 2006:

SSgt Isaac Detrinidad, USMC

Aerospace Engineering

San Diego Mesa College

Sgt Matthew L. Rostine, USMC

Computer Science

University of Arizona

November 2005:

SGT Jacques Claude Philippe Cozart, USA

Electronics & Computer Technology

DeVry University

Mr. Jason Randall Jones (U.S. Army inactive Reserves)

Electronics Engineering Technology

Old Dominion University