Awards, Scholarships (CONT’D FROM PAGE 16)
Talton is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and joined WestRock in 2020. She joined TAPPI in 2020 as well. Alex Boyd, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Scholarship and Terry S. Paulson Memorial Scholarship: Boyd is cur- rently a junior at Western Michigan University. He started his collegiate career in North Carolina State University’s Paper and Chemical Engineering Program before transfer-
She also helps with development, experimentation, and implementation of the increased use of recycled fiber into mill production.
ring to Western Michigan Universi- ty’s Paper and Chemical Engineer- ing Program in Spring 2021. Boyd has completed 16-months of internship with WestRock Battle Creek as a Process Engineer and a part-time Pipeshop/E&I Apprentice, a four-month Process Engineering co-op with New Indy Container-
Alex Boyd
board in Catawba, South Carolina, a three-month intern- ship with Industrial TurnAround Corporation, an engi- neering firm in Raleigh, North Carolina, and will also be completing an internship with Ursa Major Technologies, an aerospace propulsion system manufacturer, as a Manu- facturing Controls Engineer in their newly formed Controls Department. He will be running for President of WMU’s TAPPI stu- dent chapter board in the upcoming semester. Additionally, he is currently working to develop a two-
At WestRock, Talton is a co-lead to the Women of Sci- ence and Engineering group, promoting and supporting the advancement of women in R&D. She is also an active participant in the Behavior Based Safety group, learning how to make the everyday workplace safer for herself and her coworkers. From left, Don Haag, TAPPI Chair; Harrison Talton; and Larry Montague, President & CEO, TAPPI.
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