Cat Lift Truck Scholarships

Cat Lift Trucks, now in its seventh year of recognizing outstanding Houston-area students, will award two $5,000 scholarships to high school seniors graduating in Spring 2011 from a public and/or private school within Harris, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery and Waller counties. Students planning to major in mechanical engineering or a business-related field are eligible to apply. Students who meet the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
 

• Applicants must be ranked in the upper one-half (1/2) of his/her graduating class with a minimum overall unweighted grade point average of a “B” or 80% after completion of his/her junior year. Information must be verified with an official transcript. 

• Applicants must plan to enroll in an accredited college, university or technical school within the state of Texas and participate in a curriculum leading to a bachelor’s degree or technical certificate in mechanical engineering or a business field.  If scholarship recipients enroll in a college, university or technical school outside of Texas, their funds will be forfeited and given to the next highest ranking applicant.

• Applicants must be citizens of the United States and/or be born in the United States and a resident of the state of Texas. Applicants must be graduating seniors or qualified as a mid-term graduate. 

 Cat Lift Trucks understands the life-changing value a college education brings to students and strives to ensure that academic and community conscientious students are rewarded.  For more information, click here.