��Vlog��ý Little Rock students move on to semifinalist round of Construction Intern of the Year competition

Ajani Oyindamola — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:32:45 +0000

Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock students have a chance at winning the title of Construction Intern of the Year and a $10,000 scholarship after earning two spots in the students who earned the most online votes for the scholarship competition. The scholarship program is designed to recognize the strongest construction interns in the industry and the companies with the best construction internship programs in the country. They are awarding a total of $50,000 in scholarships. Two civil and construction engineering students, Harrison Hayworth and Edyta Osieczko, have moved on to the semifinalist round of the competition after being a part of the top eight students who earned the most online votes. Both students completed internships at Austin Bridge and Road this summer. “I would like to say thank you for supporting me through this contest,” Hayworth said. “It truly meant a lot. Other participants at bigger universities and bigger companies automatically had an upper edge on the candidates from smaller universities, but the support from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock really made the difference.” The eight candidates who received the most online votes as well as nine entrants selected by a committee will move on to the next round, where a panel of 12 judges will review the entries and recommendation letters and select the winners. The Construction Intern of the Year and four finalists will be announced Nov. 14. The top winner will take home $10,000, while four finalists will earn a $4,000 scholarship. The rest of the 12 semifinalists will receive $2,000 scholarships.

Harrison Hayworth. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/��Vlog��ý Little Rock Communications.

Hayworth earned the second most online votes out of more than 120 contestants. While earning 11,525 votes, she trailed the intern with the most votes, Moath Mohammed, by just 81 votes. “I feel excited to move on to the next round of judging and see what all can happen from here,” Hayworth said. “Being in the top 8 of popular voting out of all of the other candidates is really a neat opportunity.” Osieczko had the fifth highest amount of online votes, finishing the competition with 8,928 votes. “Winning for me is an honor and a privilege,” Osieczko said. “I did not expect it because I’m not a person who was ever popular. I am very appreciative and thankful to all the people who voted for me.”

��Vlog��ý Little Rock student hopes to be Construction Intern of the Year

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:35:00 +0000

has always dreamed of following in her father’s footsteps to become an engineer. “When I was young, growing up in my native Poland, he often took me to his job sites, which became my oversize playgrounds,” Osieczko said. “For years, I watched him in his work and came to love and sometimes understand what he did. I fell in love with the same profession.” Now she is hoping for a little help fulfilling that dream by competing in the Construction Intern Awards, where $50,000 in scholarship money is up for grabs. “All of my family is Europe, so I need my family at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock to help me get votes,” she said. Osieczko needs your votes to move to the next round of the, which is offering a top scholarship of $10,000. You can once every 24 hours until 4 p.m. Oct. 3. The eight candidates who receive the most online votes will become semifinalists along with nine candidates selected by a committee. The scholarship program is designed to recognize the strongest construction interns in the industry and the companies with the best construction internship programs in the country. After moving to America with her husband, Thomas, and daughter, Noemi, Osieczko spent five years living in Alaska before the family made the move to Arkansas in 2007. As her daughter grew older, Osieczko realized it was the right time to go back to school. “I was thinking that if I don’t go back to school now, I will never go back,” she said. “I always wanted to be educated, but I never had the chance.” After joining ��Vlog��ý Little Rock in 2015, Osieczko is now treasurer of the ��Vlog��ý Little student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers and will serve as the bridge team captain at this year’s competition. She is also a member of the Society of Women Engineers. As a student, Osieczko will complete more than 800 hours of internship experience before graduating. For Osieczko, that meant finding the right company. “I decided to seek one in a company known for the kind of projects I hope to work on in my professional life,” she said. “I was fortunate enough to be offered an internship by Austin Bridge and Road of Irving, Texas.” At Austin Bridge and Road, Osieczko learned how to use computer programs, like AutoCad, AutoMath, and BeanPro, to manage concrete calculations and engineering designs. “Maybe the most important thing that I have taken away from my internship is consciousness of the need for keeping safety in mind at every stage of a project,” she said. “Every detail that can be calculated should be in the interest of immediate safety and long-term quality, which results in safety for all who work on and finally use the structure.”

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����Vlog��ý Little Rock students move on to semifinalist round of Construction Intern of the Year competition

����Vlog��ý Little Rock student hopes to be Construction Intern of the Year

- University News Archive - ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

��Vlog��ý Little Rock students move on to semifinalist round of Construction Intern of the Year competition

��Vlog��ý Little Rock student hopes to be Construction Intern of the Year