TAPPI Foundation Announces 2023-24 Scholarship Winners
TAPPI has announced the 14 scholarship recipients for the 2023-2024 ac- ademic year totaling $60,000. Each year, TAPPI awards graduate and un- dergraduate scholarships to students in the pulp, paper, packaging and related industry. Alex Boyd, a junior majoring in paper and chemical engineering at Western Michigan University, and Weston Cregger, a fourth-year student at North Carolina State University (NCSU) pursuing a dual degree in paper science and engineering and chemical engineering, are recipients of the William L. Cullison Scholarship. The TAPPI Foundation’s $4,000 William L. Cullison Scholarship is named in honor of TAPPI’s fifth executive director and is awarded each year to a third- or fourth-year student working toward a career in pulp and paper, corrugated container, or flexible packaging. Sofia Dwyer, a junior majoring in chemical engineering at Miami Univer- sity, D’Kayla Thomas, a senior pursuing a paper science and engineering degree at NCSU, and Nayab Tufail, a sophomore majoring in paper engi- neering at Western Michigan University, are the recipients of the 2023- 2024 TAPPI Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Scholarships. The $1,000 TAPPI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship was es- tablished in 2022 in support of underrepresented populations which in- clude but are not limited to African American, Native American, Hispanic and Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities. All applicants must be students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, and demonstrate an interest in a career in paper, pulp, tissue, and packaging. “Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, the TAPPI Foundation scholarships are investments in the future of the industries we serve,” said Larry N. Montague, TAPPI President and CEO. “By supporting the develop- ment of talented students, we empower them to drive innovation, sustain- ability, and progress. Congratulations to this year’s recipients.” In addition to the Association-level scholarships, Technical Division scholarship winners include: • Emily Baker, chemical engineering, Miami University, Process Control Division Scholarship • Katherine Bodenschatz, industrial design, University of Cincinnati, Cor- rugated Packaging Division’s Suppliers Advisory Committee Scholar- ship Alex Boyd, in addition to receiving the William L. Cullison Scholarship, was awarded the Corrugated Packaging Division’s Mitsubishi Heavy Indus- tries Scholarship, Terry S. Paulson Memorial Scholarship, and Process Con- trol Division Scholarship. Weston Cregger, in addition to receiving the William L. Cullison Schol- arship, was awarded the Charles B. Tibbits Memorial Scholarship, the Cor- rugated Packaging Division’s Joe Dieffenbacher Engineering Memorial Scholarship, Engineering Division Scholarship, Ron Franklin Fiberglass Mat Memorial Scholarship, and Process & Product Quality Division Scholarship. Other recipients include: • Hannah Getsee, paper science and engineering, NCSU, Coating and Graphic Arts Division’s Robert W. Hagemeyer Scholarship • Meegan Heerlyn, paper and chemical engineering, Western Michigan University, Coating and Graphic Arts Division’s Robert W. Hagemeyer Scholarship an Process and Product Quality Division Scholarship CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
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