2011-2012 scholarship Awardees
 

The IAEM Scholarship Commission awarded scholarships to four students in emergency management and related programs for the 2011-2012 school year. Congratulations to this year's IAEM scholarship winners!

Special Thanks to Dedicated IAEM Scholarship Donors

The four IAEM scholarships given this year were provided through dedicated donations earmarked for scholarships to be given the year the donation was received. Special recognition and thanks are due to:

• The Emergency Information Infrastructure Project – $10,000
• DRI International – $2,500
• ResponseForce 1 – $1,000

Scholarship Recipient Profiles

• Amy LePore Crabill, CEM, a recipient of a $5,000 EIIP Scholarship, is working toward a Ph.D. in disaster science management at the University of Delaware, with a planned graduation date of 2016. She has been with Cecil County (Md.) Department of Emergency Services for more than seven years and is now its deputy director, with responsibility for a department of 110 people. She has worked on state and federal committees, including the Federal Technology Transfer Working Group. Amy has directed the EOC during events and completed the FEMA reimbursement process for declarations. She was President of the Maryland Emergency Management Association (2007-2009) and was awarded a Maryland Governor’s Citation for her leadership during her term. Amy’s scholarship was provided through a dedicated donation provided by the Emergency Information Infrastructure Project (EIIP).
• Hsien-Ho (Ray) Chang is working toward a Ph.D. in disaster science and management at the University of Delaware, with a planned graduation date of May 2014. He also was a recipient of a $5,000 EIIP Scholarship, provided through a dedicated donation by EIIP. Ray has seven years experience in the American and Taiwanese fire service and reached the level of fire captain in Taiwan. He earned his Master’s Degree at Arizona State University. After two years studying in the United States, he returned to Taiwan and resumed his work in the fire department and was invited to join several international disaster management symposiums in the United Kingdom, China and the United States. He also served as a liaison for many foreign disaster managers when they visited Taiwan, prior to returning to the United States to resume his studies.
• Duo Wang is the 2011-2012 DRII Lacy Suiter Scholarship recipient, receiving $2,500 through a dedicated donation from DRI International. She completed her B.S. degree in emergency management and homeland security in December 2009, and is continuing her studies at Arkansas Tech University to earn an M.S. in emergency management by May 2012. As a student, she worked with James Lee Witt Associates, assisting in a time extension study on the public assistance program recovery from Hurricane Katrina for the State of Louisiana. She assisted the Arkansas Department of Information System in providing training to 246 Arkansas school districts on how to initiate business continuity of operations plans. She also is an active CERT member.
• James Menke is the fourth recipient of the $1,000 Command Sergeant Major L. Ken Fisher Emergency Management Scholarship, provided through a dedicated donation from ResponseForce 1. He is working towards a B.S. in emergency management at North Dakota State University with a planned graduation date of December 2011. He is a student officer of the NDSU IAEM Student Chapter and a member of the NDSU Ready Campus Initiative (RCI) team. The RCI team is comprised of an elite group of students that works to facilitate comprehensive emergency management planning across the campus as part of a Dept. of Education grant. James is one of only two undergraduates who have ever been on the team.