The Sigma Pi fraternity’s Alpha Iota Education Foundation has awarded scholarships to two first-year students at Missouri S&T for 2022.

Joseph Goring, a first-year student in electrical engineering from Pocahontas, Illinois, received the $5,000 Richard “Rich” and Ruth Swanson Memorial Scholarship.

Ethan McMillan, a first-year student in mechanical engineering from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was awarded the $1,500 Dr. Richard “Dick” Miller Scholarship.

“AIEF is excited to provide scholarships to Ethan and Joseph. We are also very proud to honor the legacy of Rich and Ruth Swanson and Dr. Richard Miller, who gave so much to the Alpha Iota Chapter and the Missouri S&T community,” said Michael Munsell, President of the Alpha Iota Education Foundation.

These scholarships are available to students who have graduated from high school or its equivalent and are enrolled to attend Missouri S&T. Recipients are chosen based on an application including an essay and official transcripts of their high school grades. To learn more about scholarship opportunities at Sigma Pi, please visit https://sigmapi-mst.org/scholarships/.

Sigma Pi is an international fraternity founded in 1897, and the Alpha Iota Chapter of Sigma Pi has been on the Missouri S&T campus since 1933. For more information, please visit https://sigmapi-mst.org/.

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