TAPPI recently announced 19 scholarship recipients for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Elisha Ewing, a senior studying chemical engineering and paper engineering at Western Michigan University is the recipient of the William L. Cullison Scholarship.
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.
“The TAPPI Foundation scholarship program supports the development of our industry’s future leaders,” said Larry N. Montague, TAPPI President and CEO.
“It plays a key role in driving important events like the annual Student Summit which takes place every Martin Luther King weekend and facilitating TAPPI’s more than 30 Student Chapters. Our scholarship program is one of the most important parts of TAPPI’s mission.”
Technical Division scholarship winners include:
Angel Boyette, chemical engineering and paper science and engineering, North Carolina State University, Corrugator Supplier Committee Scholarship
Sophia Craig, chemical engineering and paper Science and engineering, University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, Joe Dieffenbacher Engineering Memorial Scholarship
Elisha Ewing, in addition to receiving the William L. Cullison Scholarship, she also received the Process Control Division Scholarship
Katelyn Gyurich, chemical engineering and paper engineering, Western Michigan University, the International Flexible Packaging Division’s Daniel Siegel Memorial Scholarship and the Coating, Printing and Surface Enhancement Division’s Robert W. Hagemeyer Scholarship
Alana Hattenstein, Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Paper and Board Division Scholarship
Meegan Heerlyn, paper and chemical engineering, Western Michigan University, Coating, Printing and Surface Enhancement Division’s Robert W. Hagemeyer Scholarship and the Corrugated Packaging Division’s Bobst Scholarship
Dan Hursh, chemical engineering, Miami University, Process Control Division Scholarship
Nathan Johnson, paper science and chemical engineering, North Carolina State University, Process Control Division Scholarship
Troy Knudson, paper science and chemical engineering, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Nonwovens Division’s Ron Franklin Fiberglass Mat Memorial Scholarship
Jack Kosloski, packaging science, Michigan State University, International Flexible Packaging Division’s Scholarship
Jacob Levesque, chemical engineering, University of Maine, Corrugated Division’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Scholarship
Dominique Mauhar, chemical engineering and paper science and engineering, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Paper and Board Division Scholarship
Abigail “Abbi” Brooke Mendius, graphic design and production, Dunwoody College of Technology, Corrugated Packaging Division Scholarship
Emma Perrin, paper and chemical engineering, Western Michigan University, Process and Product Quality Scholarship
Ashley Randall, paper and chemical engineering, Western Michigan University, Paper and Board Division Scholarship
Kate Ross, chemical engineering, Miami University, Process Control Division Scholarship
Yuvraj (Yuvi) Shah, packaging science, Michigan State University, Corrugated Packaging Division’s Joe Dieffenbacher Engineering Memorial Scholarship
Nayab Tuifail, paper engineering, Western Michigan University, Corrugated Packaging Division’s John O. Telesca Engineering Scholarship
Caroline Youngblood, paper science and engineering, chemical engineering, North Carolina State University, Process and Product Quality Scholarship
TAPPI is currently accepting scholarship applications for the 2025-2026 academic year. Applications are due February 15, 2025. For application details and to view the gallery of 2024-2025 scholarship recipients visit tappi.org/scholarships. For more information, contact Mary Beth Cornell at [email protected].
