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Valley of the Sun Chapter
The Valley of the Sun Chapter recently joined the Arizona Business Aviation
Association at an outreach event on the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
campus in Prescott, Arizona. Attendees were given a tour of the campus, including a tour of the UAV Lab Static Display, the Robertson Safety Center Crash Lab,
and the flight line. Members of the ERAU Prescott Chapter and the Phi Beta Lambda business club attended a luncheon and were welcomed by Dr. frank ayers (WAI
#30198), Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer.
C h a p t e r s n W arkanSaS Chapter
The NW Arkansas Chapter hosted a “Sky’s the Limit!” Aviation Career Day for
teen girls. Twenty girls from 13 to 18 years of age attended the free event held at
Beaver Lake Aviation at the Rogers, Arkansas Airport (KROG). Outreach Chair
Jen nelson (WAI #14599) coordinated a fun day filled with hands-on activities and
great career information. The group was split into four subgroups for concurrent sessions: air traffic control careers, aviation maintenance careers,
pilot careers, aviation support careers. Each subgroup was named after
a famous aviatrix, and each girl had a short biography about her group’s
aviatrix on the back of her nametag.
The day’s sessions were led by many volunteers. Debbie Monger (WAI
#53760) arranged for the girls to tour the inside of the Rogers air traffic
control tower. Monger also shared information about how she became an
air traffic controller and about careers in air traffic control. Sabina kouk-ourinkova (WAI #49413) and kelly tuszynski (WAI #5013) brought posters
and visual aids and introduced the girls to aviation maintenance careers
by explaining what aviation maintenance technicians do and how the
girls can pursue careers in aviation maintenance. Sabina and Kelly also
led a candy airplane building activity. Summit Aviation supported the
event by sending flight instructors Brian Grizzle and Michael Graves in a
Cessna and Ercoupe to the event to allow the girls a chance to sit in the
training aircraft and learn about flight training. Cris Barkowski and Jodie Johnson (WAI #49280) led a tour of a Learjet and
shared a photo collage about piloting. Cris told the girls about pilot careers and what it is like to be a professional pilot. As a
new private pilot, Jodie shared her experiences training to become a pilot. linda Jennings (WAI #44741), Carol Vaughan (WAI
#52305), and Julie hall (WAI #8518) presented a PowerPoint presentation about FBO careers, scheduling and support careers,
and research and development careers. The girls also learned how to marshal aircraft with fluorescent batons and practiced
guiding a human “aircraft” to its parking spot. The day ended with a pizza lunch supplied by the chapter for the girls and
volunteers. Thanks to many generous sponsors, the girls each left the event with a backpack filled with information about a
variety of aviation careers as well as fun things like T-shirts that will remind them of the day. ✈
erau preSCott Chapter
erau prescott Chapter has been working hard on
fundraising this semester to attend the WaI Conference in March! they also volunteered at embry-riddle’s “Girls rock-It” event. every year the school
hosts the event with local high school juniors and
seniors to spike their interest in the aerospace industry. the chapter teamed up with the school’s
Women’s & Diversity Center to put on the event
where girls worked together in teams to build rockets and set them off. the girls were encouraged to
ask questions about the aviation industry and what
it is like to be a woman in that field. ✈
n W arkansas Chapter hosted a “Sky’s the limit!” aviation Career Day at Beaver lake aviation
