VMAC has offered 4 $1,000 scholarships for Vancouver Island College (VIU) college students coming into the second 12 months of both the Engineering Switch or Engineering Technologist program.

VMAC has dedicated to the scholarships as a part of a pledge to spend money on the area people. VIU is a public college situated within the metropolis of Nanaimo, the place VMAC’s manufacturing facility is situated. Supporting native engineering college students is a pure match, as VMAC’s group consists of a big in-house engineering division with a variety of specializations together with mechanical, electrical, manufacturing and high quality.

“VMAC’s engineering functionality permits us to create modern merchandise which are offered globally,” says Barry Fitzgerald, VMAC’s Director of Engineering & High quality. “As a Canadian firm, we’re dedicated to constructing homegrown engineering expertise to maintain Canada’s competitiveness in engineering disciplines. VMAC runs a really energetic engineering co-op coaching program and these new VIU scholarships are an essential subsequent step in increasing our assist of Canadian training.”

Scholarships shall be awarded at first of the college 12 months in September 2021. Eligibility is predicated on monetary want and neighborhood involvement.

“We’re very grateful for an incredible neighborhood companion in VMAC stepping ahead with great assist for our Engineering college students,” says William Litchfield, Govt Director, VIU Basis. “Lots of our college students need to make tough choices to steadiness their research, work and household to get by and these awards will present them with the chance to focus and excel of their research.”