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Council hears local scholarship 'Elevate Eastern' and growth at university-run airport program
Summary
Council members described a need-based local scholarship that covers tuition, housing and transportation support and heard that the university airport program expanded from six to 50 students with plans to reach 100.
Price — Council members reported on local education and workforce-development programs, including a need-based scholarship called 'Elevate Eastern' and expanding aeronautics and drone programs run by the local university.
A council member said the Elevate Eastern scholarship covers tuition, books, dorm fees and some transportation costs and is intended to keep students on the local campus; the scholarship is need-based rather than GPA-based and can support partial attendance for students who work. "They've already raised that for 6 scholarships this year, and then they're working on creating an endowment," the council member said.
Council members also described the university-run airport program, which began with a handful of students and expanded to about 50 this year with plans to grow to 100 after mechanical training is added. Officials highlighted that students operate airport functions and that the program includes drone training and aircraft mechanics components that could attract more students and jobs regionally.
No formal action was taken; the council highlighted the scholarship and training programs as community investments with potential to retain and recruit local talent.
