PSI Scholarships Assist Students with College Expenses

One membership benefit of the Paper Stock Industries Chapter and ISRI’s Recycling Research and Education Foundation is to annually award academic scholarships that help select college-bound students pay for their higher education.

2023 Scholarship Winners

The PSI Chapter awarded $40,000 to 15 students in its 2023 scholarship program, setting records for the total funds awarded and the number of student recipients. This year’s scholarship total includes one $5,000 grand-prize scholarship and 14 $2,500 merit scholarships.

Winning students can use the PSI scholarship funds to pay for certificate or degree programs at technical, trade, and vocational schools as well as two-year or four-year post-secondary institutions. The PSI scholarship program is open to students who are dependents of employees in the recycling divisions of PSI Chapter member companies.

The 2023 winners, along with their sponsoring ISRI/PSI Chapter member company/location and the school they will attend, are as follows: 

$5,000 Grand-Prize Scholarship Winner

Madeline Dummitt, Graphic Packaging International (Macon, Ga.); Clemson University

$2,500 Merit Scholarship Winners

Harrison Buchheit, Graphic Packaging International (Middletown, Ohio); University of Kentucky

Charles Butryn, Greif (Smyrna, Ga.); Georgia Institute of Technology

Emily Grace Cater, International Paper (Memphis, Tenn.); Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Luke Desenberg, CellMark (Novato, Calif.); University of California, Santa Cruz

Jack Giovetsis, Recycling Management Resources (Barrington, N.J.); Lehigh University

Madison Howard, Allan Company (San Diego); University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Timothy Irons, WestRock (Battle Creek, Mich.); University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Addison Kamminga, PADNOS (Grandville, Mich.); Michigan State University

Andrew Marcinko, Waste Management (Houston); The University of Alabama

Rachel Nordt, Waste Management (Houston); Hardin-Simmons University

Evan Schuster, WestRock (Olathe, Kan.); Butler Community College

Kelsey Shaffer, International Paper (Prattville, Ala.); University of Washington

Masen Starks, International Paper (Mansfield, La.); Louisiana Scholars’ College of Northwestern State University
Brooke Tratner, Wilmington Paper—The Program™ (Pine Brook, N.J.); Fairleigh Dickinson University–Florham

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