Granted Scholarships for 22 Asian Pacific Islander (API)
Students
Toyota awarded scholarships to 22
Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) students from Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics majors to support and help them in seeking higher education.
The donation will be great help to those students in achieving their academic and
career goals. Awards for 22 students were donated at its fourth annual awards
dinner and reception at the Toyota Automotive Museum on May 14, 2015.
Ranging from aerospace engineering
to microbiology and chosen from the University of California, Irvine to
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scholarship recipients received $5,000
towards a degree in a STEM field for their first two years of college. There
were also students from Vietnam, China, the Philippines, India, and
Korea, who were also acknowledged for their accomplishments by the local government
officials.
“This scholarship will play such a
large part in helping me get one step closer to becoming a successful
mechanical engineer,” says scholarship recipient Pamela Nguyen from North
Torrance High School. “I hope to influence my community for the better
through my future creations.” Pamela plans to study mechanical engineering
at California State University Long Beach.
Executives in Toyota Karen Ideno,
Doug Murtha, Julia Wada, and millennial Toyota team members Shawn Kumar and
Kelsey Yu took part in a panel discussion on the topic, “What has inspired you
in your personal and professional development?". This discussion brought
different insight and direction on how the scholars can successfully transition
into the professional work field.
In addition to Toyota's corporate
contribution, the Toyota Giving Circles, a program that allows team members to
donate to their preferred charity, TAAP (Toyota Asian American powered by
associates) and NFTA (Network of Filipino Toyota
Associates) contributed with two of the scholarships in partnership with
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy.
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