Southwest Communication Systems is dedicated to meeting the technical needs of our community, local businesses, and governmental/educational institutions.  During the 2005-06 school year, SCS launched the sponsorship of its first annual SCS TECHNICAL SCHOLARSHIP.  This program was established to provide recognition and financial incentives to graduating seniors of Gallup High School who wish to pursue a career in a technology-related field.  The award, which is for the amount of $500, was given to the following students:

2007 Recipient:

• Teresa Leslie

2006 Recipient:

• Jacob T. Romero

2005 Recipients:

• Molly Maquire-Marshall
• Jessika Romero

Scholarship applicants, who must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale over the first seven semesters of high school attendance, are judged on the following seven categories:

• Personal Need
• Grade Point Average
• Extra-curricular School Activities
• Community Service Activities
• Work Experience/Home Responsibilities
• Written Essay
• Form (neatness, punctuation, grammar, spelling and content).

SCS has an ongoing commitment of raising the bar for excellence in technology and hopes that this scholarship program will be one more way of accomplishing that goal.  SCS hopes to encourage talented graduates from area schools wishing to return to the Gallup area by providing employment opportunities here locally in the IT field.  At present, many of our finest graduates are pursuing their careers elsewhere, in part, due to a lack of high level IT positions available locally.