OLEAN, N.Y. — Ten recent area graduates received awards from the Dresser-RandEmployees Scholarship fund, together totaling $15,500.

The Dresser-Rand Employees Trust Association established the scholarship fund at CRCF in 2021 to help continue their longstanding scholarship program for current and former employees of Dresser-Rand/Siemens Energy.

The Dresser-Rand Employees Scholarship is open to the children of employees of Dresser-Rand/Siemens Energy, regardless of high school. Employees must have been Olean-based employees as of Feb. 2, 2022, with at least 12 months of service.

Cosette Sowers

Breanna Gentzel

Otto-Eldred (Pa.) Central School’s Cosette Sowers received $1,000. Breanna Gentzel of Austin (Pa.) Central School received $2,500.

From Allegany-Limestone Central School, Ipshita Patra received $5,000 and Vincent Amore received $1,000. From Olean High School, Emma Edwards received a $2,500 award. Portville Central School’s Maliegha Burgess and Braedon Carter each received $500. Lilah Cudney of Franklinville Central School received $1,000. Wellsville Central School’s Averee Palmatier received $1,000. Emily Pierce of Bolivar-Richburg Central School received $500.

Gentzel plans to attend Pennsylvania State University – Behrend to study nursing. Sowers plans to study wildlife and fishery sciences at Pennsylvania State University – DuBois.

Donations can be made to the Dresser-Rand Employees Scholarship Fund and all other CRCF funds at 301 North Union St., Suite 203, or online at cattfoundation.org.