2006-2007 scholarship Awardees
 

The International Association of Emergency Managers Scholarship Program awarded scholarships to three students in emergency management and related programs. The awards were
for the 2006-2007 school year.

DRI International provided the funding dedicated to two of the
scholarships. The DRI International funded scholarships were
awarded to William Colt Hagmaier and Terrance Lofgreen. Erin
Edmundson received a scholarship awarded from the IAEM general
scholarship fund.

Scholarship Recipient Profiles

• William Colt Hagmaier is working toward a master’s degree in emergency management at Anna Maria College in Massachusetts. While completing his degree, he is serving as the emergency management coordinator for Harvard University. At sixteen, he joined his local rescue squad, and during high school he developed a public access defibrillation program for his county school system. He graduated from the University of Virginia. While at the university as a full-time undergraduate student, he obtained his medic certification and continued volunteering with three different rescue squads and a search/rescue group. During his final two years at the University of Virginia, he worked part-time in the emergency department for the university medical center and also earned certification as an Emergency Medical Technician Instructor. Hagmaier will graduate in 2007. He was elected as IAEM Student Region Treasurer for 2006-2007.
• Terrance Lofgreen is working toward an associate’s degree in
  emergency management at Clover Park Technical College. He hopes to transfer to Western Washington University to pursue a bachelor’s degree. For the past three years, Lofgreen has been a volunteer firefighter/EMT for the Steilacoom Department of Public Safety. He currently is participating in an internship at Pierce County Department of Emergency Management. Lofgreen has spoken at schools about the importance of fire prevention, organized the 2005 Safety Fair, and provided fire station tours to students. He plans to graduate in December 2006.
• Erin Edmundson was awarded $1,000 from the IAEM general scholarship fund. She is working toward a master’s of public administration degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She became interested in emergency management while working on her undergraduate degree and taking physical geography courses. She has focused her papers and research in the MPA program on emergency response and management. Edmundson currently is a volunteer with the local Halifax Red Cross Emergency Response Team. Outside of school and volunteer activities, she has completed a two-month contract for Mount Saint Vincent University as a pandemic planning assistant. Ms. Edmundson plans to graduate in May 2007.