Offered by Zonta, The Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship is available to young women who are interested in pursuing a career in business. Women who are eligible to enter their third or fourth year of an undergraduate degree program are encouraged to pursue careers and seek leadership positions in business-related fields in their communities and throughout the world.
The scholarship was established by Jane M. Klausman, a member of the Zonta Club of Syracuse, NY, who was a successful business woman, professional secretary, parliamentarian and entrepreneur.
The winner at the local club level will receive $1,000 and is eligible to compete at the District Level. The winner at the District Level will be eligible to participate at the Zonta International Level to receive one of six $5,000 awards. Applications are available at www.zonta.org or www.scvzonta.org and are due Monday, April 14, 2008. Call Barbara Stearns-Cochran at 661-252-9351 for more information.
Each year in January, Zontians commemorate Amelia Earhart for her trailblazing spirit and extraordinary achievements as an aviator. Her example encourages and inspires women to continue breaking gender barriers, explore occupations and hold positions beyond those traditionally held by women. As a famous air pioneer in the 1920s and 30s and a member of Zonta International, Amelia made her record flight from Hawaii to California on January 11, 1935. In June 1937 during a flight around the world, her plane disappeared while en route from Lae, New Guinea to Howland Island; no trace was ever found of her or her navigator.
In 1929, her plane was the first aircraft to fly over the Pasadena Rose Parade. During the 1930s, Earhart would land her airplane at the Newhall International Airport, which was located at what is now Granary Square in Valencia. She was often a guest at movie star William S. Hart’s hilltop mansion in Newhall.
Zonta International offers annual graduate fellowships in aerospace-related sciences and engineering and has awarded over 1,100 fellowships to women from countries all over the world. Some of the recipients this year include two California university students — Lauren Catherine Wye, who is pursuing Titan’s surface modeling at Stanford University to better understand our own planet’s history and Arezoo Molavalizadeh Ardekani, a student at the University of California, Irvine, whose studies include numerical simulation of liquid solid multiphase flow, the most promising application in space technologies.
Santa Clarita Valley Zontian, Dr. Sharon Langenbeck, was an Amelia Earhart Fellow twice during her Ph.D studies in mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The awards allowed her to concentrate on her research and complete her degree in three years at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Sharon is Section Manager of Mechanical Engineering at JPL. Her team has contributed to the ongoing Mars mission and her engineering staff work on the mechanical engineering design and development of spacecraft and instruments.
For information regarding Zonta, contact Phyllis Walker at 213-922-1084 or 661-251-1172.