Chrysler Group Awards $10,000 in Scholarships to Kokomo Students

KOKOMO, Ind., June 15 -- Chrysler Group has awarded $10,000 in scholarships to Kokomo-area students for the 2007-2008 school year. Ten students each received $1,000, which will support their pursuit in post- secondary education at two- and four-year colleges, universities, or vocational/technical institutions. Three of the students, currently attending college, also received scholarships last year.

In 2006, the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund established the Technical Training Scholarship fund along with the Kokomo/Howard County Development Corporation (KHDC). Both organizations selected the winning students.

  They are:
  Brian Carver, Kokomo High School
  Jacqueline Cooney, Kokomo High School
  Melissa Daily, Northwestern High School
  Simonne Gaskins, Kokomo High School
  Joseph Hinze, Kokomo Area Schools @ Home
  Thomas Kelley, currently attending Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  Todd Powell, currently attending University of Northwestern Ohio
  Stephen Sehr, Kokomo High School
  Steven Vande Lune, currently attending Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  William Wilson, Western High School

The scholarship recipients were honored this week at a reception in Kokomo, Ind.

The students, who are pursuing engineering disciplines or a career in an automotive-related technical trade, were chosen by a scholar-selection committee. The scholarships are available to high school graduates under 21 years of age living in the county. The fund provides up to 10 scholarships a year in $1,000 increments. Examples of eligible educational programs include computer science, auto repair, skilled trades and mechanical engineering.

"This is another way that our company supports the community," said Brian Glowiak, Vice President and Secretary of the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund. "Helping these students achieve their educational goals will benefit both them and the community in the future."

Kokomo is the home of four DaimlerChrysler plants: Kokomo Transmission, Kokomo Casting, Indiana Transmission Plant and Indiana Transmission Plant 2.

Now in its 54th year, the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund is the primary source of charitable grants made by DaimlerChrysler Corporation. The Fund annually supports hundreds of charitable organizations with an emphasis on community growth and enrichment, arts and culture, education, and youth development programs throughout the United States and, increasingly, the world. The Fund's Good Neighbor, Good Citizen(R) programs in 2006 included operating support for the United Way for Southeastern Michigan.