The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) has awarded the first of two Bailey H. Squier DMSC, Inc. Metrology Memorial Scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year. As UNCC is the only university in the Western hemisphere with a program dedicated to dimensional metrology, it has been a long-standing member of the DMSC and regularly contributed to its efforts to further metrology expertise in a variety of industries.
With the 2023 passing of DMSC founder, Bailey Squire, the DMSC funded an annual scholarship with UNCC as a way to assure Bailey’s accomplishments would be remembered far into the future. The DMSC/UNCC intent is to encourage students that have a committed interest in the field of metrology.
The recipient of the first scholarship, Samuel Parsons, was notified and has accepted the award. He is currently enrolled full-time at UNCC in the Mechanical Engineering program with a concentration in Precision Engineering & Metrology. A rising senior entering the Fall 2024 semester, he has a cumulative GPA of 3.03 and is from Fayetteville, NC.
Mark Walter, Director of UNCC Scholarship Office, remarked, “financial support of scholarships allows students to remain in college when they have no other financial alternatives, and recognizes students who excel academically.”
UNCC and its Engineering Department have promoted the DMSC scholarship and are preparing to review a batch of new applications to select the second award in the next few weeks.
