The 2017 CAPE Career Track Scholarships have been awarded to two students from California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) and California State University, Northridge (CSUN).
The recipients, Dea Flores Zuniga, an Engineering student from CSULA, and Ariel Jones, an Urban Studies and Planning student from CSUN, were each awarded $2,500 scholarships from CAPE.
In 2014, the CAPE Board of Directors established the Career Track Scholarship program to recruit young, talented professional employees from local universities. The union started the program with CSULA’s Engineering Department. This year, the Board of Directors added CSUN’s Urban Studies and Planning to the scholarship program.
“The Career Track Scholarship Program is part of CAPE’s commitment to support the next generation of Los Angeles County professionals and union members,” said CAPE President Carlos Clayton, P.E. “The selection process was not an easy one to make. Each of the applicants we interviewed brought such passion, energy and enthusiasm for their field of study. Dea and Ariel are exceptional representatives of their respective universities.”
The scholarship recipients will receive recognition at the annual CAPE membership dinner in October, and will also be presented and introduced to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in the fall.