The Beavers Charitable Trust has awarded $16,000 to Mitch Hokanson, who is completing his junior year as a Civil Engineering student at Oregon Tech.
The Dutra Scholarship is awarded to a student with experience in construction and who intends to pursue a career in the heavy construction industry. Starting in high school in Happy Camp, Cali., Mitch has spent each of his summers working in the construction industry. He has worked on many diverse projects, large and small, including household plumbing, city utility installation and repair, road grading, heavy equipment operation, and project management. For the summer of 2021, Mitch will work his second internship with Wildish Construction. He will pursue a long-term career in the heavy construction industry.
Mitch is a first-generation college student raised by a single mother, and is the father of a two-year-old son. According to Mitch, “I watched how hard my mother worked in order to make a better life for me which is why I know that whether I see it now or not, the work that I put in pays off later. Being a first-generation college student drives me because I realize that I am paving a new path for my family.”
About the Dutra Scholarship:
The Dutra Scholarship was established three years ago by Bill Dutra, Oregon Tech Alum and CEO of The Dutra Group and a former trustee of the Beavers Charitable Trust, and Dutra Group President Harry Stewart, a Beavers board member, through an endowment within the Charitable Trust. Candidates for the scholarship should be a junior or senior in Civil Engineering or Construction Management heading for a career in the heavy construction industry. The Dutra Scholarships are administered at Oregon Tech by Dr. Sean St.Clair.
There is a preference for students who have arranged and/or completed an internship or summer job with a heavy civil contractor and if possible, obtained a positive evaluation or letter of recommendation from the contractor.
The trust intends this scholarship for someone with demonstrated need where it would make a big difference in completing their undergraduate education.
More information at https://www.thebeavers.org/charitable-trust/
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