Embry-Riddle Student Earns $75K Pilot Training Scholarship

When Cassidy Blackwood completed a two-semester instrument rating in her first semester at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, the accomplishment stood out. For Blackwood, a first-year Aeronautical Science student, her success was driven by momentum — and by a scholarship that allowed her to pursue the rating without hesitation. Blackwood is the inaugural recipient of the Christopher P. Rushing Memorial Scholarship, a multi-year, milestone-based award funded by the Si Robin Foundation to support exemplary incoming freshman pilots at Embry‑Riddle’s Prescott Campus. The scholarship, which totals ,000 per student specifically for flight, supports professional flight training from instrument rating through multi-engine certification, contingent...

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