Three students from Signal Mountain and another from Tullahoma, Tennessee, have received awards in the first two rounds of scholarship notifications by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.
John Augustin Gibby, a senior at Signal Mountain Middle/High School, has been awarded a National Merit Rockwell Automation Scholarship. He is one of about 840 recipients nationwide whose scholarships are financed by corporations, company foundations and other business organizations. The amount of his scholarship was not disclosed. His probable career field is law, according to a news release.
Receiving $2,500 National Merit Scholarships, financed by the nonprofit corporation’s own funds, are Taylor M. Donen, a Signal Mountain resident who attends STEM School Chattanooga; Signal Mountain Middle-High School student Jeffery Lin; and Tullahoma High School student Jackson C. Banks.
Donen’s probable career field is biomedical engineering. Lin plans to pursue a career in bioinformatics, a field that develops computer technology to understand biological data. Banks’ career interest is mechanical engineering.
Two more rounds of winners are yet to come. Some 3,800 recipients of college-sponsored merit scholarships will be announced June 7 and July 10.