Through this award, we encourage women’s careers in the building industry, while enhancing the educational experience. The Professional Women in Building have awarded Kelli Determan $1,000 as the 2019 Scholarship recipient The Professional Women in Building have awarded Claire Pohlman $1,000 as the 2019 Scholarship recipient Claire honorably graduated Alton High School with a 4.625 GPA. During her school years Claire received the Principal’s Award, Silver Medallion Recipient, Platinum Alpha recipient and Rotary Student of the Month along with academic recognition in the National Honor Society and an Illinois State Scholar. Claire was driven towards success throughout high school leaning toward a career in the medical field. After taking higher level science and math classes such as physics and calculus her goals changed toward engineering. Kelli graduated Belleville East High School as Valedictorian, ranking first out of 561 students, with a 5.0 GPA. Among Kelli’s academics, she was First Team All-Academic in the Southwestern Conference in 2017 and 2018. She was a National Honors Society inductee in 2018 as well as MU Alpha Theta, Beta Chi Pi, Rho Kappa, English Honors and the Spanish Honors Society 2018. Kelli also receive the Outstanding Engineer Design Presentation in 2017 and the HITES12 Engineering Design Award in 2018. Kelli tutored over 50 overs including mentoring with the Big Brothers Big Sisters. Kelli helped begin a chapter of the “Summer Sack Lunch” program at her church six years ago. Kelli was also apart of the Shriners 5k Race as a committee member that helped raise approximately $20,000 for the Shriners Hospital. Kelli plans to complete her electrical engineering degree to pursue a career as a circuit designer. Kelli hopes to, through working with others, design and create projects to get electricity to consumers at a cheaper and more efficient rate. Her overall goal is to open her own engineering firm with a strong focus on promoting women engineers. During her high school years, Claire found time for many extracurricular activities including National Honor Society, Swim Team, MU Alpha Theta, Physics Club, Spanish Cub, Scholar Bowl, Ping-Pong Club and Redbird Nest. Outside of school Claire is a member of the Alton area Sierra Club where she has spent many weekends helping restore cabins in Marquette Park. After high school, Claire will attend Missouri University of Science and Technology for Engineering with plans to continue her volunteer work through participating in “Engineers Without Borders” serving underdeveloped areas by providing access to clean water, alternate power sources and safer living environments. Page 6
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