FPE, AICC Announce Troll Scholarship Winners For Packaging Students The Foundation for Packaging Education and AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, announced the win- ners of the 2023-2024 Troll Scholarship. This scholarship program, established to honor the legacy of the late Mr. J. Richard Troll, recognizes outstanding students pursuing studies in packaging engineering or related packaging fields at the undergraduate and graduate levels. These scholarships support their academic endeavors and contribute to the advancement of the packaging in- dustry. The 2023-2024 recipients of the Troll Scholarship include: • Undergraduate Student Recipients: First Place, Bryan- na Thobe, Clemson University; Second Place, Nicole Kelly, Michigan State University; and Third Place, Rayna Farkas, California Polytechnic State University. • Graduate Student Recipients: First Place, Jack White, Western Michigan University; Second Place, Prudence Villanueva, Toronto Metropolitan University. Each of these individuals has demonstrated a strong commitment to the field of packaging engineering or re- lated packaging areas. Their academic achievements, ex- tracurricular involvement, and dedication have set them apart as deserving recipients of this prestigious award. For more information, visit www.AICCbox.org/Troll .
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Kate Ross, John O. Telesca Engineering Scholarship: Ross is a junior majoring in Chemical Engineering with minors in Paper Engineering, Computer Science, and Pro- cess Control at Miami University.
She is an active member in Mi- ami’s TAPPI and AICHE chapters, where she serves as the current Social Outreach Chair and Secre- tary. She also participates and en- joys corrugated board research. Ross is also the Head Supplemen- tal Math instructor at Miami and has supported Differential Equations
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and Linear Algebra for the past four semesters, while also serving as TA for Thermodynamics for the past two semes- ters. Last summer, she worked an internship with WestRock at their Mahrt Mill in the recovery and powerhouse depart- ment and is looking forward to her second internship this summer. Her hope is to work in process control in the cor- rugated board industry in the future. The Corrugated Packaging Division is comprised of members who work for manufacturers, converters, sup- pliers, consulting companies and produces a number of events designed to further the technical and educational opportunities for all industry and allied professionals.
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