Winners of this year’s EA Networks $2000 jubilee scholarships (from left) Carl Cayanan and Leanne Walsh, Ashburton College and Harrison Hyde, Mount Hutt College. Photo Sue NewmanThree Mid Canterbury students have won themselves scholarships that could not only ease their financial study burden but could also lead to future careers.

Leanne Walsh and Carl Cayanan from Ashburton College and Harrison Hyde, Mount Hutt College, have been awarded EA Networks Jubilee scholarships that are worth $2000 but which also come with the offer of holiday employment and the prospect of post study employment.

The scholarships were established in 1996 to mark the company’s 75th birthday and initially were awarded to just one student, but the calibre of applicants this year saw that extended to three, EA Networks board chair Phil McKendry said.

Today the lines company was vastly different to the company that was set up in the 1920s.

There were great opportunities for talented people across a range of areas, he said.

“It’s no longer men up poles in the wind and rain, we’re more of a technology company now with a big diversity in the skills we need,” McKendry said.

Chief executive Gordon Guthrie said the company’s relationship with the scholarship recipients did not end when the money was handed over.

The company would keep in touch with the three winners during their years of study, he said.

Leanne Walsh will start the 2020 academic year at Canterbury University studying electrical engineering, Carl Cayanan will study computer engineering, also at Canterbury while Harrison Hyde will begin a Bachelor of IT at Ara.

– By Sue Newman 

Three Mid Canterbury students have won themselves scholarships that could not only ease their financial study burden but could also lead to future careers.

Leanne Walsh and Carl Cayanan from Ashburton College and Harrison Hyde, Mount Hutt College, have been awarded EA Networks Jubilee scholarships that are worth $2000 but which also come with the offer of holiday employment and the prospect of post study employment.

The scholarships were established in 1996 to mark the company’s 75th birthday and initially were awarded to just one student, but the calibre of applicants this year saw that extended to three, EA Networks board chair Phil McKendry said.

Today the lines company was vastly different to the company that was set up in the 1920s.

There were great opportunities for talented people across a range of areas, he said.

“It’s no longer men up poles in the wind and rain, we’re more of a technology company now with a big diversity in the skills we need,” McKendry said.

Chief executive Gordon Guthrie said the company’s relationship with the scholarship recipients did not end when the money was handed over.

The company would keep in touch with the three winners during their years of study, he said.

Leanne Walsh will start the 2020 academic year at Canterbury University studying electrical engineering, Carl Cayanan will study computer engineering, also at Canterbury while Harrison Hyde will begin a Bachelor of IT at Ara.

– By Sue Newman 

Three Mid Canterbury students have won themselves scholarships that could not only ease their financial study burden but could also lead to future careers.

Leanne Walsh and Carl Cayanan from Ashburton College and Harrison Hyde, Mount Hutt College, have been awarded EA Networks Jubilee scholarships that are worth $2000 but which also come with the offer of holiday employment and the prospect of post study employment.

The scholarships were established in 1996 to mark the company’s 75th birthday and initially were awarded to just one student, but the calibre of applicants this year saw that extended to three, EA Networks board chair Phil McKendry said.

Today the lines company was vastly different to the company that was set up in the 1920s.

There were great opportunities for talented people across a range of areas, he said.

“It’s no longer men up poles in the wind and rain, we’re more of a technology company now with a big diversity in the skills we need,” McKendry said.

Chief executive Gordon Guthrie said the company’s relationship with the scholarship recipients did not end when the money was handed over.

The company would keep in touch with the three winners during their years of study, he said.

Leanne Walsh will start the 2020 academic year at Canterbury University studying electrical engineering, Carl Cayanan will study computer engineering, also at Canterbury while Harrison Hyde will begin a Bachelor of IT at Ara.

By Sue Newman © The Ashburton Guardian - December 2019