Brad Teague, UCA Aviation Academy director, Rhiannon Umfleet, Tyler Strazzinski, and UCA Provost and Executive Vice President Michael Hargis
Students from the University of Central Arkansas Aviation Academy were awarded scholarships through the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society recently.
The Arkansas Aviation Historical Society hosted its Hall of Fame Ceremony on Nov. 7. and Zane Harris of Conway, Tyler Strazzinski of Sherwood, and Rhiannon Umfleet of Rogers were awarded Arkansas Aviation Historical Society scholarships in the amount of $6,000 each.
To be eligible for the awards, students must be accepted and enrolled in an Arkansas Part 141 Flight Program associated with a college or university, have a private pilot’s license and provide a minimum of two references to provide letters of recommendation in support of the candidate’s application for the AAHS or Department of Aeronautics Scholarships.
Harris was also awarded the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society Scott Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $3,000.
Other UCA Aviation Academy scholarships were awarded to Gabriel Didion of Fort Smith and Tucker Everett of Alexander in the amount of $2,500. These students were recipients of the Bill Cope Memorial Aviation Scholarship Fund. This fund was established at the UCA Foundation to provide scholarships for private pilot students at the UCA Aviation Academy.
By Fredricka Sharkey, EdD