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PSI Scholarships

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PSI Scholarships Assist Students with College Expenses

One membership benefit of the ReMA Paper Stock Industries Chapter and ReMA’s Recycling Research and Education Foundation is to annually award scholarships that help select students pay for certificate or degree programs at technical, trade, and vocational schools as well as two-year or four-year post-secondary institutions.

Scholarship Application

PSI awards scholarships to select students who are graduating seniors and who are dependents of employees in the recycling division of PSI member companies. PSI awards a varying number of scholarships each year based on the funds available.

The 2025 scholarship guidelines and application are now available. Click below to access the application, and please note that the deadline for all applications is March 1, 2025.

2025 PSI Scholarship Application

2024 Scholarship Winners

The ReMA Paper Stock Industries (PSI) Chapter awarded $50,000 to 19 students in its 2024 academic scholarship program, setting records for the total funds awarded and the number of student recipients. The 2024 scholarship total includes one $5,000 grand-prize scholarship and 18 $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 2024 winners, along with their sponsoring ReMA/PSI Chapter member company/location and the school they will attend, are as follows:

$5,000 Grand-Prize Scholarship Winner

  • Maximus Krasinski, WestRock (Marietta, Ga.); Georgia Institute of Technology

$2,500 Merit Scholarship Winners

  • Matthew Felker, Greif (Columbus, Ohio); The Citadel
  • Natalie Hernandez, WestRock (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.); Florida Atlantic University
  • Joshua Johnson, Radius Recycling (Atlanta); Kennesaw State University
  • Bethany King, Greif (Smyrna, Ga.); Kennesaw State University
  • Paige Lowry, International Paper (Memphis, Tenn.); Mississippi State University
  • Trinity McKithen, WestRock (Atlanta); Florida A&M University
  • Dylan Mordasiewicz, Waste Management (Lombard, Ill.); Purdue University
  • Samantha Niewiarowski, The Wilmington Group (Parsippany, N.J.); Kean University
  • Halle Nordt, Waste Management (Houston); Hardin-Simmons University
  • Rose Snodgrass, International Paper (Bloomington, Minn.); University of Wisconsin-Platteville
  • Joshua Starrett, Jr., International Paper (Memphis, Tenn.); Lipscomb University
  • Karan Toor, International Paper (Itasca, Ill.); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Emily Uriostegui, Greif (Smyrna, Ga.); Kennesaw State University
  • Zach Von Worley, Greif (Santa Cruz, Calif.); Santa Clara University
  • Liam Wells, International Paper (Memphis, Tenn.); Michigan State University
  • Anja Westenberg, Van Dyk Recycling Solutions (Norwalk, Conn.); Western Connecticut State University
  • Sean Williams, Greif (Copley, Ohio); Lewis and Clark Community College
  • Fiamma Zion, Bulrushed Books (Moscow, Idaho); New Saint Andrews College