the Drs. Chaman N. and Sheila Kashkari Family Scholarship for Women in Electrical Engineering

The Drs. Chaman N. and Sheila Kashkari Family Scholarship for Women in Electrical Engineering is to be awarded to an undergraduate student in electrical engineering at The University of Akron. Preference is to award this scholarship to a U.S.-born female student. If no qualified applicant meets this request, the scholarship may be awarded to a qualified female undergraduate student born in another country. Further, if no qualified applicant meets the above criteria, no award will be made during that academic term.The recipient must also demonstrate an exceptional work ethic, outstanding leadership in both the classroom and community, and an extraordinary dedication to engineering. Financial need is to be considered, and the recipient must offer a cumulative 3.0 GPA or better.

The funds from the scholarship are to be applied to tuition and mandatory fees only. The recipient is to be selected by the director of The University of Akron’s Women in Engineering Program or its successor.

The full scholarship description can be found on the Office of Development’s Scholarship site by typing a keyword from the name of the scholarship into the search box.