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Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM
Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM, presents a mini-forum at ARRL EXPO 2006 at Dayton Hamvention.
NEWINGTON, CT, April 11, 2007 -- Seventeen-year-old Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM, of Grayson, Georgia, is the winner of the prestigious William R. Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship for 2007. The ARRL Foundation Board voted unanimously to name Andrea, who will graduate from Grayson High School next month with a 96.05 grade point average. Awarded to one high school senior each year, the Goldfarb Scholarship enables the recipient to receive a four-year undergraduate degree in engineering or science or in the medical or business-related fields. Andrea says she was "excited, honored and a little surprised" to be this year's Goldfarb Scholarship recipient.
"More important, winning the Goldfarb Scholarship has motivated me to be even more involved in Amateur Radio and the ARRL," she said this week. "My desire to live up to the expectations of Mr. Goldfarb gives me all the more reason to excel in college while remaining as involved as possible in ham radio. Now, more than ever, I am particularly thankful for all of the hams who have mentored and, in a sense, helped raise me."
Licensed since 2000 and an Amateur Extra class licensee since 2003, Andrea is the daughter of Scott (KF4PWI) and Lisa Hartlage. She plans to attend Georgia Institute of Technology this fall to pursue an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering. She hopes to co-op with NASA with a long-term goal of working for the space agency and perhaps joining the Astronaut Corps. Her academic plans also include graduate school.
"While at Georgia Tech, if my studies allow, I plan to be involved in the campus Amateur Radio club," she adds.
The fifth Goldfarb Scholarship winner, Andrea, an ARRL Life Member, continues the tradition of prior recipients, demonstrating superior academic performance, outstanding leadership and extraordinary Amateur Radio and community service.
For the past few years, Andrea has been an ARRL contributing editor, responsible for the "Youth@HamRadio.Fun" Web column. ARRL Georgia Section Manager Susan Swiderski, AF4FO, has appointed Andrea as Georgia Assistant Section Manager for Youth. But that's only the tip of the iceberg! She also boasts an impressive resume of Amateur Radio honors and accomplishments.
In 2003, the ARRL Board of Directors honored Andrea by naming her to receive the ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award; the following year, she was Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year (YHOTY). Andrea coordinated youth activities and the Youth Lounge for ARRL EXPO at Dayton Hamvention in 2005 and 2006, and also was a forum presenter and participant. She also coordinates youth activities for the Georgia State Convention.
She's active in two Amateur Radio clubs, operating CW and phone on HF during contests whenever she can. Her emergency training includes CPR certification, CERT and SKYWARN training as well as three FEMA courses. Over the past two years, Andrea has logged more than 400 volunteer community service hours. She participates in Simulated Emergency Tests and Field Day.
In addition, she volunteers for the Georgia Teen Institute and as Administrative Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Response Team Leader for Gwinnett County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). She is a member of her radio club Hamfest Committee and volunteers as a communicator for parades, walks, marathons and other events.
Despite her hectic schedule, she still finds time to prepare her Web column for ARRL and to serve as editor in chief of her school newspaper and on the Youth Leadership Conference Youth Advisory Board. She also has served on the National Association of Teen Institutes Board of Directors and on the Governor's Cooperative Agreement Advisory Committee for Youth Substance Abuse Prevention.
For more information about ARRL scholarships, visit the ARRL Foundation scholarships Web page.
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