The Madison County Business League & Foundation congratulates our member, Mississippi Automotive Manufacturers Association (MAMA), for recognizing the importance of workforce development by offering scholarships to worthy community college recipients!
MAMA-Growing a strong automotive workforce is essential to the health of the automotive industry in our state. Providing support and opportunity
is one way MAMA and its members can secure its future workforce. Since 2006, the Mississippi Automotive Manufacturers Association has awarded $143,000
in scholarships to students studying automotive-related fields at Mississippi’s community colleges and universities.
In 2014, the Miss. Automotive Manufacturers Association provided funds to the Miss. Automotive Manufacturers Educational Foundation. The Foundation was
established to grow the opportunities for raising more funds for scholarships. The Foundation, due to an increase in fundraising proceeds from MAMA,
increase the scholarship program to three additional community colleges in northeast Mississippi, making the total amount awarded $27,000 this year.
Current partner schools are East Central Community College, East Mississippi Community College, Hinds Community College, Holmes Community College,Itawamba
Community College, and Northeast Community College.
Mississippi State University and The University of Mississippi are the two university partners.
2014 MAMA Scholarship Recipients
East Central Community College – $1,500 per studentDavid D. Banks
Major – Automotive Technology
Eduardo Santillan
Major- Engineering
East Mississippi Community College:$1,500 per studentAlfred Hill
Major- Automotive Services Technology
Harold Smith
Major- Welding and Fabrication Technology
Hinds Community College: $1,500 per studentJoshua M. McGee
Major – Welding
Trevon Rucker
Major – Auto mechanics
Holmes Community College: $1,500 per studentCharles D. Davis
Major – Electrical Engineering
Robert E. Holmes Jr
Major – Industrial Maintenance
Itawamba Community College: $1,500 per student
Wesley Makade Rodgers
Major – Industrial Maintenance Technology
Dan Lee Turner
Major- Electrical Technology
Northeast Mississippi Community College: $1,500 per student
Larry W. Roach, Jr.
Major- Automotive Technology
Tate Alan Maness
Major- Automotive Technology
Mississippi State University: $2,500 per studentChristopher Cullum
Major- Industrial and Systems Engineering
Chris Crosby
Major- Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Mississippi: $2,000 per studentJacob Dylan James Moorhead
Major- Mechanical Engineering w/emphasis in manufacturing
Lisa Schalk
Major- Accounting; Minor – Manufacturing Engineering
