RSSI Scholarship Winners

 

RSSI is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 scholarship awards.

 

The James R. Higginbottom Scholarship award winner is Alan Ratner.  Alan’s father, Vladimir Ratner, is employed by KB Signaling.

 

The Ronald L. McDaniel Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Grace Yang.  Grace’s mother, Weining Wu, works for iNEMSOFT, Inc.

 

The scholarships are worth $12,000 payable in eight $1,500 payments before each semester. The recipients must be enrolled in an accredited North American institution of higher learning and maintain a 3.0 GPA base on a 4.0 scale. There were 36 qualified applications received this year and all were outstanding students deserving of the scholarship award. The applications are judged by three independent judges in ten categories including: academics, leadership, goals, essay and letters of recommendation.

 

The judges scores are tabulated and the overall top scoring applicants are reviewed and approved by the RSSI Scholarship Committee.

The RSSI 2024 James R. Higginbottom Scholarship

Alan Ratner

 

The winner of the RSSI 2024 James R. Higginbottom Scholarship is Alan Ratner. Alan graduated from Penfield High School in Rochester, NY with a weighted GPA of 101.229/100, scored a 1480 on the SAT, and was ranked 1 out of 365. He will be attending SUNY University at Buffalo where he plans to major in either Chemistry or Material Science and minor in Violin Performance. His goal is to conduct research in clean energy that makes a long-term positive impact on the world.

 

Alan’s father, Vladimir Ratner, is employed by KB Signaling.

The RSSI 2024 Ronald L. McDaniel Scholarship

Grace Yang

 

The winner of the RSSI 2024 Ronald L. McDaniel Memorial Scholarship is Grace Yang. Grace attended South Windsor High School in South Windsor, CT where she achieved a GPA of 4.3183 and an SAT score of 1570. She will be attending Rice University where she will major in Computer Science. She enjoys listening to music, playing the violin and piano. She hopes to advance AI, particularly by integrating it with music, to positively impact society.

 

Grace’s mother, Weining Wu, is employed by iNEMSOFT, INC.

In addition to the two new scholarships, the following are also active:

  • Hannah Wojcik – KB Signaling/University of Missouri
  • Allyson Chen – iNEMSOFT, INC./Brown University
  • Ariel Ratner – KB Signaling/University of Buffalo
  • Julia Esen – KB Signaling/University of Rochester
  • Jade Harlow – voestalpine Railway Systems/Appalachian State University
  • Ella Fries – KB Signaling/Maryville University
  • Jaden VandenBerg – RailWorks/Tarleton State University
  • Reese Myers – The Okonite Company/Clemson University

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