2024 NWPA SPE Student Chapter Scholarships now available!
The Northwestern Pennsylvania Student Chapter Scholarship is intended to reward outstanding SPE student chapter members with a one-time monetary donation. Eligible students must be at least a sophomore and currently studying plastics or polymers at an accredited 4-year college, and a student chapter member of the NWPA SPE Section 12, preferably from the region of Erie, Crawford and Warren Counties. Application deadline is NOV 30, 2024.
2024 Scholarship Recipients
NWPA SPE President Bruce Buchman awards the 2024 MEMBER SCHOLARSHIP to Jacob Lenhardt at the golf outing. Jacob is currently attending Penn State Behrend studying Business and Biology, and made the Dean’s list this semester. He works for Games Workshop in Erie and enjoys traveling with friends. Jacob’s mother, Lucy Lenhardt, has been a member of NWPA SPE since she was a student at Behrend.
Merek Jaworski received the NWPA SPE SECTION SCHOLARSHIP. Merek just graduated from Fort LeBoeuf High School and will be attending Penn State Behrend with a major in Plastics Engineering Technology this fall. I’ve been a cashier at Tops for 2 years and an intern for Beaumont Technologies since June 2024, returning after working July-August 2023. Typically, I’m stationed in the engineering department making MeltFlippers, MoldFlow simulations, and reports for simulations. The building also houses classes on injection molding and plastics with the American Injection Molding Institute or AIM. This year, I took a very helpful 2-day course on part design and I’d definitely like to take more. I’m also planning on moving around the building for experience with processing and material characterization. Outside of school and work, I enjoy cooking and baking, walks, and thrifting.
Carter Swanson received the NWPA SPE SECTION SCHOLARSHIP. Hello, my name is Carter Swanson. As a student athlete at McDowell High School, I dedicated a majority of my time to athletics and academics. I played varsity baseball and soccer and excelled academically as well. My favorite subjects are physics and math. I will be attending Ohio Northern University in the fall of 2024 to continue my baseball career and study engineering.
The NWPA SPE provides scholarships for local high school seniors in our geographical section that are interested in pursuing a degree related to the plastics industry. This can be one of many different majors at any applicable school – as long as they relate to the plastics industry.
The NWPA SPE provides a scholarship for our member’s qualified family. In order to make the scholarship more accessible and increase the number of applicants, it is now available to current college/trade school students as well as high school seniors that are children or grandchildren of our members.
Also visit the SPE National site for Foundation Scholarships