NDTA North Pole Chapter Makes a Difference in the Lives of Students
Supporting the next generation of transportation and logistics professionals by providing scholarships to deserving college students is a tenet of NDTA. Each year the NDTA North Pole Chapter supports students at the University of Alaska Anchorage through its Arne Michaelsen Scholarship Award. As the cost of college continues to increase, the importance of scholarships such as this cannot be overstated. In their own words, here is the impact this scholarship has had on this year’s recipients:
Abigail Andrews
Award Amount: $1000
Major: UAA Logistics & Supply Chain Ops
High School: South Anchorage High School, Anchorage
The impact of your generosity…
This scholarship helps me by not having to borrow more money from student loans this coming fall semester. If it wasn’t for this scholarship I would be. Or rowing more money that I would later have to pay back.
Thank you…
Thank you so much for choosing me as your recipient of this scholarship. This is going to help me get through my last year of college before I graduate in the summer of 2022! This means a lot to me as it pushes me, even more, to make sure I do well in my academics.
The impact I hope to make on my community…
I want to help make people’s lives easier by working hard at what I do. I like being I. The background doing things people don’t usually see.
I chose my area of study because…
Logistics plays a big part of living within Alaska. In Anchorage not only do we have the international airport but we also have the port of Alaska. Thus making Anchorage the main hub for Alaska in Logistics.
I chose to attend the University of Alaska because…
A few reasons why I chose the University of Alaska is because I’m a born and raised Alaskan, it’s cheaper for me tuition-wise, and I am a second generation college student for UA in my family!
My best experience at school has been…
I loved being apart of both the logistics club and the kitting club (the chronicles of Yarnia). These groups have been such fun to be around and meeting all kinds of people who are apart of it. The kitting club let me meet some people who I thought I would never really get to talk to and the logistics club helped me pick out good classes with great professors. The best of both worlds if I do say so myself.
Adrian Coombs
Award Amount: $1000
Major: UAA Global Supply Chain Mgmt
High School: Jamaica High School
The impact of your generosity…
Education continues to be a significant pillar within my everyday life. It provides me with multiple avenues of opportunity, inspiration, and development. Money isn’t a driving factor for my decision to continue my education, but it can be an added stress when adequate funds are not always provided. This scholarship allows for me to not worry and create mental hardship for myself about where the financing for my education will come from. This grants me the convenience to focus all of my energy on my education to make it into a transformative and exceptional experience.
Thank you…
Words can’t explain my gratitude, but I will try to use them to the best of my ability. I am absolutely grateful for this scholarship. As previously stated, this scholarship diminishes the hardship of stressing and worrying about if or when I can pay for classes. Allowing for a reasonably tranquil education, the only thing I need to focus on is making those good grades and getting my degree. With all the stressfulness this world throws at us, it’s good to have one less avenue for it.
The impact I hope to make on my community…
I hope to bring a fresh mind, fresh insight, and a breath of fresh innovation unto my community. Times are changing and creating a new era of technological advancements. These advancements are teaching old dogs new tricks. From self-maintaining machines to a new age of autonomous fleets, such modernizations provide for inexplicable advantages. I, also, hope to inspire more individuals within my community to accomplish what they feel is impossible. It hasn’t been easy getting to this point, and I want to be an example for the next person and show that their unreachable dreams are definitely within ample reach. This phenomenal education from UAA will give me the blueprint to make these hope come true and will provide a solid foundation for my aspirations.
I chose my area of study because…
I chose to study Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management mainly due to my great interest in the field. I have always been interested in the dealings and behind the scenes workings of movement in terms of goods and people. I got the chance to deal with the movement of people while deployed to Moron Air Base in Spain, deploying and redeploying them from home station to their deployed location. It reinvigorated my interest even and showed me the career I aspire to immerse myself fully within.
I chose to attend the University of Alaska because…
I chose to attend UAA, because it has one of the best logistics programs. Alaska is one of the most centralized places for logistical feats in the civilian and military sector through the Port of Alaska. An incredibly high percentage of movement goes through the Ports of Alaska and its regional hubs. It is a middle ground between the Continental United States and the Pacific Theater, allowing for it to be a strategic vantage point for the military’s mobilization, deployment, and redeployment. The school is located in an epicenter. It only made sense to learn from the best.
My best experience at school has been…
Currently, I am accomplishing my courses online, so I haven’t been able to have any experiences on campus for my Master’s Degree.
Jason Kelly
Award Amount: $1000
Major: UAA Global Log Supply Chain Mgt, UAA Management Information Systems
High School: Soldotna High School, Soldotna
The impact of your generosity…
This generous award and others like it have allowed me to be the first in my family to attend college. It has also relieved much of the financial stress of living while attending college and allowed me to focus on my classes rather than worrying about bills.
Thank you…
I am humbly and sincerely grateful for your generosity. Thank you.
The impact I hope to make on my community…
I hope to find a position with a native-owned company helping them reach the nation and the world with their business. UAA has given me the tools to reach this goal.
I chose my area of study because…
I have always been fascinated with logistics, and adding Information Systems seemed like a natural choice.
I chose to attend the University of Alaska because…
It was the only college I ever considered. It is as Alaskan as I am.
My best experience at school has been…
It was actually being on campus and just experiencing the life of college. Sadly, that has disappeared with Covid. My last two years of college are shaping up to be distance only, which is lonely and lifeless in comparison.