Scholarships

There are a few scholarships that are available to you as an ENGT student.  They include:

Acadian Home Builders Association

The Acadian Home Builders Association (AHBA) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit trade organization founded in 1960 by a group of visionary builders who saw the need to form an organization dedicated to advancing the home building industry. The Acadian Home Builders Association is a chapter of the Louisiana Home Builders Association (LHBA) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and all members belong to all three organizations.  AHBA has been a strong support of the Engineering Technology program which includes an annual student scholarship program. Learn more about AHBA.

Acadiana Flow Measurement Society

The Acadiana Flow Measurement Society (AFMS) was started in 1965 by a group of pipeline and production personnel with help from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now known as University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The society was chartered to advance the study of measurement. The original focus of the group was gas measurement; however, the society has since expanded to include liquid and NGL measurement.  AFMS is a non-profit organization, with all proceeds used to operate the society, provide measurement training, and provide scholarship opportunities to college students interested in fields associated with measurement. We are in our 34th year of producing a measurement short course and exposition each spring. Our society offers several scholarship opportunities.  To honor our historical affiliation with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, we contribute to a scholarship fund established for the College of Engineering, Engineering Technology. This scholarship is presented to a UL Lafayette student each semester.  In addition, children of AFMS members are eligible to compete in an essay competition for a cash prize to be put towards college expenses. We hope to encourage these students to investigate and possibly choose oil and gas measurement as a career opportunity.  Learn more about AFMS.

Allen & Jeannette Guillory Thomason Scholarship in Engineering and Technology Management

The Allen & Jeannette Guillory Thomason Endowed Scholarship in Engineering was established through the generosity of Jeannette Guillory Thomason to support student success within the Engineering and Technology Management Program at The University of Louisiana at Lafayette. This scholarship provides annual financial support to full-time students majoring in Engineering & Technology Management with a concentration in Construction Management. The Thomason Endowed Scholarship plays a vital role in empowering the next generation of industry professionals through targeted academic support.

The scholarship honors the memory of Herbert Allen Thomason, known as Allen Thomason. Allen served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict in 1951, completing a combat tour in Korea. After returning home, he began a lifelong career in the construction industry in Central Texas and eventually established his own construction business. Over the next 60 years, he founded and operated dozens of businesses across a wide range of industries, including highway and heavy construction, residential real estate, land development, engineering firms, auto dealerships, construction materials, crop dusting and spraying, farming, and more. In his most recent venture, he was a founding partner of DSLD Homes, remaining active until his passing.

Sample Thank You Letters

If you are the recipient of one of these scholarships, It is important to send thank you letters to those sponsors who have made your scholarships possible.  Access a sample Word Version Thank You letter or a sample PDF version Thank You letter that you can use to show your appreciation.