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Description

Junge Family Endowed Scholarship grants $2000 per year award for two years for the total award of $4000 for students studying for an undergraduate degree in either industrial and systems engineering or manufacturing engineering at the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Award amount

$2000 per year award for two years

Full eligibility requirements

• Recipients will be chosen according to the merit and need.
• Recipients have attended any Michigan high school or have transferred to the University of Michigan Dearborn from Jackson Community College, Henry Ford Community College, Calvin College or Hope College.
• Junge Scholars are required to enroll for at least nine credits in industrial and systems engineering or manufacturing engineering degree programs.
• After completion of the first year, the Junge Family Scholarship is renewable for the scholar who maintains a cumulative grade point average of 2.75, continues to be enrolled in industrial and systems engineering or manufacturing engineering degree programs, fulfills the standards of academic progress as defined by the Office of Financial Aid, and successfully completes no less than 67% of courses attempted in residence.
• The Junge Family Scholarship is awarded for the use during the Fall and Winter Terms only.
• This scholarship cannot be transferred to other colleges or universities.
• The Office of Financial Aid will monitor the scholar's academic progress annually.

About John Junge

When John Junge was applying to college as a teenager in Jackson, Michigan, he assumed he would have to go to community college first because of financial constraints. But he won a scholarship to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor instead. After learning about the Dearborn campus's cooperative education program, he transferred so he could earn money in his chosen profession while finishing his studies.

Now he's giving back. Junge, '64 BSE-IE, '67 MBA, established a scholarship for high school students who want to attend the University of Michigan-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science.

"I am thankful. I've been grateful for the education I received both in the classroom and outside the classroom during my years [at the University of Michigan-Dearborn]," said Junge, winner of the university's 2008 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award.

The Junge Family Endowed Scholarship Fund, established by a gift of $350,000, provides scholarships to undergraduate students in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Students must have attended a Michigan high school or have transferred from Jackson Community College, Henry Ford Community College, Calvin College, or Hope College.

"We are honored that John Junge and his family chose to give back to the College of Engineering and Computer Science," said Dean Subrata Sengupta. "Mr. Junge's generosity ensures that another generation of engineers will have the opportunity to follow his path. We are very grateful for that."

Since 1985, Junge has owned All-Star Inc., a San Diego-based company that provides management and operations service to certain government and military facilities in 18 states and Germany. The company earns about $250 million in gross annual sales and employs more than 1,200 people.

Before acquiring All-Star, Junge worked for Ford Motor Company and Rockwell International Corporation.

The Junge family has previously made other gifts to the university; the Junge Family Champions Center, in Ann Arbor, is named in their honor.