2 recent Morro Bay High grads earn $1,000 scholarships

Morro Bay

The Morro Bay Chapter of the American Association of University Women has awarded $1,000 scholarships to two recent graduates of Morro Bay High School.

Ellis Fryer will attend Cal Poly and major in architectural engineering. In the fourth grade, fascinated by empty cereal boxes, Ellis created her first building project, a replica of the town of Los Osos. She hopes to pursue environmentally-friendly building design.

Juliana Ruef will attend UC Berkeley and major in biomedical engineering. She is interested in prosthetics, introduced to this subject by her sister and by attending a Cal Poly day camp hosted by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). A longtime student of Spanish, she wants to combine this skill with biomedical engineering to serve the Hispanic population either here or abroad. She plans to become a nurse.

The Morro Bay AAUW chapter annually funds two scholarships for female students at Morro Bay High.

San Luis Obispo County

The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach gave $503, Rotary Grover Beach gave $580, Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa gave $1,200 and Rotary Club of Morro Bay gave $250 in donations to Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County. The funds will help the local agency provide kids in need with a caring adult mentor.

For more information on volunteering or contributing to Big Brothers Big Sisters, call 805-781-3226 or visit slobigs.org.

This story was originally published September 8, 2017 at 12:46 PM with the headline "2 recent Morro Bay High grads earn $1,000 scholarships."