Brian Milburn, the Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation president, left, and Levi Maaia, scholarship committee chair, right, present Jack Peterson, center, with a scholarship award on behalf of the Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation and the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club awarded a scholarship to a recent graduate of Dos Pueblos High School.
Jack Peterson earned a 4.0 GPA — straight A’s — at Dos Pueblos High School and plans on attending the aerospace program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the fall. He is a certified mission radio operator for the Civil Air Patrol, a member of the Cyber Patriot youth security program and a participant in the EAA Young Eagles program.
Brain Milburn, the president of the Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation and Levi Maaia, a board member at the organization and the chair of the scholarship committee, presented the scholar with a certificate and a financial award to mitigate his college expenses in the fall.
“Our goal is to encourage more graduates to seek careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” said Mr. Milburn. “Jack has been well prepared for college by the STEM programs at Dos Pueblos.”
Jack is the first recipient of this scholarship, which will be awarded annually in June. Applicants must be high school seniors who plan to study science, technology, engineering or math in college. Applicants should have an excellent academic record.
While not requirements, preference is given to applicants who are graduating from a high school in Santa Barbara County and who hold an active FCC amateur radio license. Donations to the scholarship fund and applications for members of the class of 2023 may be submitted at scholarships.sbwireless.org.
For more information, go to www.sbarc.org and www.sbwireless.org.
— Staff report
