Engineering Student Wins Scholarship From Prestigious Industry Group

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Yonkers, N.Y., resident Christopher Barsi ’06 has been awarded a scholarship from the Association of Old Crows (AOC), a non-profit professional group that promotes careers in the defense industry.

Christopher, a senior electrical engineering major, won a scholarship award for $3,000. This marks the sixteenth consecutive year a Manhattan engineering student has won scholarships in this academic competition, which is open to all computer or electrical engineering students who are residents of New York City, Westchester, Nassau or Suffolk counties.

A banquet to honor winners will take place on November 11 in Long Island, N.Y. Dating back to 1989, Manhattan College engineering students have won more than $37,000 in scholarships from AOC in competition with some of the finest engineering schools in the metro area.

AOC is an international organization with more than 14,000 members and over 100 corporate participants who are focused on the science and practice of electronic warfare and related disciplines.

Manhattan College, founded in 1853, is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering.