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Students are Given Tools to Help with Their Future
June 2018
From left: Dr. Luis Pedraja, Robert Allred, Tony Sanders and Edward Weatherbee, of Grainger.
Tony Sanders (left) received a Grainger customized toolkit, presented to him by Edward Weatherbee, of Grainger.
Robert Allred (left) is congratulated by Edward Weatherbee, of Grainger.
On June 30, Quinsigamond Community College recent graduates Robert Allred and Tony Sanders were awarded $2,000 scholarships and customized Westward toolkits through Grainger’s Tools for Tomorrow Scholarship program by Edward Weatherbee, of Grainger.
The scholarship program began in 2006 and was designed to recognize outstanding technical education community college students and assist them in realizing their educational goals. Since the fall of 2010, the program offered a limited number of scholarships to students who served in the military. Both QCC recipients are veterans.
Mr. Allred, who served in the Marines, recently received his associate degree in Electronics Engineering Technology- Photonics Option.
Mr. Allred plans to attend Fitchburg State University this fall with an interdisciplinary concentration in Electrical Engineering Technology. He is currently working at Protonex Technology in Marlborough, a job he has held since interning there. His Professor, James “Jim” Heffernan, Coordinator of the Electronics Engineering Technology Programs, helped to connect him with the internship.
“This toolkit is beyond all expectations and was so much more than I could have imagined,” he said.
Mr. Sanders, who is a Navy veteran, earned three Electronics Engineering Technology associate degrees, that each focus on a different discipline: Mechatronics, Photonics and Biomedical Instrumentation. He plans to attend a four year school in the fall with the goal of one day teaching electronics.
“This is a great program. It provides valuable resources to our veterans in the trades and gives them a great head start,” said QCC President Dr. Luis Pedraja.
