PMMI Awards $75,000 In Family Scholarships
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PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, recently awarded fifteen students $5,000 scholarships from the PMMI Member Family Scholarship. This scholarship supports immediate family members of PMMI member company employees who are pursuing packaging and processing as a career choice. “Member Family Scholarships underscore PMMI’s com- mitment to our members and the future of the packaging and processing industry, paving the way for the next gen- eration,” says Jim Pittas, president and CEO, PMMI. The winners of the 2021 Member Family Scholarship are: • Brooke Braun, DePaul University. Member Company: Provisur Technologies • Conner Decker, University of Maryland. Member Com- pany: Decker Tape Products • Clair Frain, Loyola University of Chicago. Member Com- pany: Frain Industries • Jacqueline Irvine, UCLA. Member Company: Plexpack Corp. • Chris Krohn, California State University Fresno. Mem- ber Company: ADCO Manufacturing • Gavin McDermott, University of Florida. Member Com- pany: B&R Industrial Automation • Ethan Moffitt, Messiah University. Member Company: APX Seetech Systems • Nathaniel Mulder, University of St. Thomas. Member Company: Rockwell Automation • Joshua Navin, Milwaukee School of Engineering. Mem- ber Company: Speed-Dee Packaging Machinery • Kyle Navin, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Member Company: Speed-Dee Packaging Machinery • Jarod Parsons, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Member Company: Optima Machinery • Michelle Saganich, University of Notre Dame. Member Company: Rockwell Automation • Alexandria Wall, Purdue University. Member Company: Solbern • Adam Wolfe, Elizabethtown College. Member Compa- ny: JLS Automation • Zarren Zafiro, Purdue University Northwest. Member Company: Linmot USA Students are required to have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, career plans in packaging and processing and be an em- ployee or immediate family member of an employee at a member company that is in good standing with PMMI to qualify for the scholarship. With a commitment to developing future leaders in the industry, the PMMI Foundation has awarded academic scholarships each year to students pursuing a career in packaging and processing since 1998. For more information about the PMMI Foundation, visit pmmi.org/foundation .
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