The Matthew H. Parry Memorial Scholarship

Criteria

The Project Management Institute established the Matthew H. Parry Memorial Scholarship to honor the numerous contributions made by Matthew Parry to PMI and the project management profession.

A scholarship was first awarded during the academic year 2001-2002. The Matthew H. Parry Memorial Scholarship is open to any undergraduate student enrolled in a degree granting program of higher education and showing an interest in project management as a potential career.

The award will be presented in June for use between September and May in the amount of US$2,000.

Application Deadline is 30 June 2008
 

Endowed by the Project Management Institute

The PMI Educational Foundation, through PMI's generous donation, is proud to present the 2005 Matthew H. Parry Memorial Scholarship (US$2,000 Stipend) to:

My name is Sonali Davina Goonetilleke and I am 23 years old. I am a recent graduate of the Architectural Science Program at Ryerson University located in Toronto Ontario Canada.

My family and I immigrated to Canada from Sri-Lanka when I was 5 years old. One of my first interests, from as early as I can remember, dealt with anything related to Art. I really enjoy painting in all mediums and have continued to keep this as one of my hobbies. Naturally, throughout my years in school I have always been interested in design and when deciding which career field to purse in my post secondary studies, I felt that the Architecture Program at Ryerson had a great deal to offer me in that it gave me the option of choosing from the stream of Design, Building Science or Project Management after my second year. After studying design for my first 2 years I decided that Project Management was where I found my niche. I enjoy working with others and feel that Construction Project Management is the best combination of design, science, and management.

At present, I am an Assistant Project Manager for Govan Brown Construction Managers, located in downtown Toronto and specialize in Commercial Interiors. I love to learn and am constantly working to improve myself and the environment around me. Designing the built environment holds a great deal of responsibility and as a member of the construction industry I would like to do my part in helping to build as consciously as possible. Therefore, one of my short term goals is to study and eventually become LEED certified. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an initiative started by the US Green Building Council and sets a sustainability standard for building/construction (base building and interior). Even though this may be a small step, it would bring me a great deal of satisfaction knowing that I am doing my part to help build consciously for generations to come.

 
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