At the ASME Auxiliary's annual meeting in June, a new grade of membership was added to the Auxiliary's constitution. This new grade of membership is for those who have no familial relationship to an ASME member but support the objectives of the ASME Auxiliary. This new membership grade will be called an Associate Membership.

During the June meeting, $26,000 in scholarships was awarded. Ten undergraduate scholarships were awarded, one master's degree scholarship, one doctoral scholarship and one to a non-U.S. student entering a graduate program in mechanical engineering at a U.S. university.

Along with these scholarships, an additional $18,000 was awarded this year from the Auxiliary's share of the Lucy and Charles W.E. Clarke Scholarship Fund to six departments of mechanical engineering. These six departments then select the recipients of those scholarships from their incoming freshman. Finally, the Auxiliary's share of the FIRST Scholarships, to be awarded jointly with the ASME Foundation, amounted to another $17,500.

The total amount awarded by the Auxiliary towards scholarships for the academic year 2004-05 is $61,500.

ASME Auxiliary members who would like to serve on the National Board should contact Myrna Zamrik, the new president of the Auxiliary, at lizdoodle@aol.com, or call her at (814) 238-2188 during the summer, or (480) 985-8949 during the winter. We need many more people to help us provide scholarships and loans to mechanical engineering students.

— Ella Baldwin-Viereck
Auxiliary publicity chair

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