Pasadena Water and Power Announces Winners of Annual Educational Scholarship Contest and Art Contest

PASADENA, Calif.- Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Educational Scholarship and "Water is Life" Art Contest. The two scholarship winners are Emmeline Clougherty and Londyn Sewell, both of John Muir High School. The three art contest winners are Keira Lam, Olivia Hur, and Magdalena Scholze, from Polytechnic School and Westridge School. The annual art contest is in partnership with the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California.

Mayor Victor Gordo and City Manager Miguel Márquez recognized the winners at the July 15 City Council meeting. PWP provided commemorative certificates honoring their achievements.

Educational Scholarship

Each year, PWP awards an educational scholarship to two high school seniors from Pasadena. First place receives $5,000, and second place receives $2,500. The program is open to high school seniors residing in PWP's service area who enroll as full-time students at an accredited, post-secondary institution in the following academic year. As part of the application process, students responded to a prompt about the future of electrification and were encouraged to consider the benefits and challenges.

Clougherty, the scholarship first-place winner, explored in her winning essay the sustainable and reliable advantages of electrification in the community, and reflected on actions governments around the world, including Pasadena, are taking to incentivize citizens to be more thoughtful about electrification. Clougherty plans to attend UC Berkeley to study environmental policy. She says, "I'm excited to put this scholarship towards furthering my education at Berkeley, where I can expand my knowledge of environmental policy and legislation for a healthy, happy planet!"

Sewell is the scholarship second-place winner. Sewell's essay focused on the impact the widespread electrification of vehicles and buildings have on the world, and how it offers solutions for some of the world's most pressing issues. She plans to attend Michigan State University in the fall, where she will study communications to pursue a career in sports broadcasting, journalism, and marketing. Sewell is "grateful to be a recipient for this scholarship" as it allowed her to "think deeply about the prompt, really get creative, and dive deep into the topic."

Art Contest

The "Water is Life" Art Contest is held every year in partnership with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and is open to all Pasadena students in grades K - 12 who reside within PWP's service area. Student artists submitted artwork with messaging that encourages the community to conserve and use water more wisely. Artwork submissions were due in late May 2024. All three winning submissions were submitted to MWD for consideration in their annual Student Art Calendar.

"Congratulations to all winners," said PWP Interim General Manager David Reyes. "As a community-owned utility, PWP takes pride in empowering local youth about water conservation through educational programs like the 'Water is Life' Art Contest."

The next scholarship program will open in August 2024 and will conclude in April 2025. The art contest will open in February 2025 and conclude in May 2025. For more information about PWP educational programs and to view the winning essays and artwork, visit PWPweb.com/Education.

About Pasadena Water and Power

PWP provides electricity to more than 65,000 customers within Pasadena. PWP delivers water to nearly 38,000 households and businesses in Pasadena and adjacent communities in the San Gabriel Valley. As a community-owned utility, PWP is a not-for-profit public service owned and operated by the City of Pasadena for the benefit of its customers and the community.

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