Washington, DC - The Recycling Education and Research Foundation (RERF), a 501 (c) 3, not-for-profit organization, has announced that 78 students were awarded scholarships between $500 and $5,000 to be applied to their respective higher education. The Recycling Education and Research Foundation awarded $140,000 to college-bound students across the United States and Canada for the 2021-22 academic year, an increase of more than $17,000 from the previous year.

Funded by 13 Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) national chapters and regions with scholarship programs, scholarships are awarded to dependents of employees of active ISRI member companies located within chapters or regions. Each chapter and region supports their scholarship program through fundraisers, donations, and other initiatives throughout the year.

“Please join the Recycling Education and Research Foundation and ISRI in congratulating our 2021 scholarship recipients,” said Recycling Education and Research Foundation Chairman Kevin Lamar. “We wish all of them educational, professional, and personal success!”

2021 Recycling Education and Research Foundation Scholarship Recipients

ISRI Empire Chapter

Patrick Collins - SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Katelyn  Morris - University of South Carolina

ISRI Gulf Coast Region   

Waylon Adams - The University of Tulsa

Christopher Arme - Southern Methodist University

Jordan Chisholm - University of Oklahoma

Christopher Chisholm - Texas Tech University

Camryn Costanza - Louisiana State University

Kinley Funderburk - Baton Rouge Community College

Christopher Garay - Texas A&M University

Alyssa Huff - University of North Texas

Kyla Ibarra - Tulsa Community College

Miranda Jaramillo - The University of Texas at El Paso

Cameron Johnson - Texas Tech University

Johnathan Massie - McNeese State University

Robert McWilliams - Colorado School of Mines

Hunter Price - University of Central Arkansas

Angelina Quigley - Southeastern Louisiana University

Maddie White - Northeastern State University

ISRI Indiana Chapter                      

Megan Clanton - Indiana Wesleyan University

Cassady Coomes - Murray State University

Tyler Groves - Ball State University

Jason Stutz - Indiana University

ISRI Michigan Chapter                   

Kelsey Diekman - Kalamazoo College

Lela Dobrzelewski - Western Michigan University

Patrick Gault - Ferris State University

Nikki Grady - Purdue University Fort Wayne

Rachael Lauzon - University of Windsor

Emily Ostrowski - Lawrence Technological University

ISRI Mid-Atlantic Chapter

David Staronka - Stevens Institute of Technology

Emily Stevens - Pennsylvania College of Technology

ISRI Northern Ohio Chapter

Ameila Carmack - College of Wooster

Adam Swab - Miami University

ISRI Ohio Valley Chapter

Vanessa Addison - University of Dayton

Brianna Carmack - Ohio Wesleyan University

Holden Fenoff - The American College of the Building Arts

Cheyenne Wimsatt - University of Louisville

ISRI Pacific Northwest Chapter

Louisa Healey - Brigham Young University

Tavie Johnson - University of Toronto

Hannah Sidney - Western Washington University

Kaelyn Tally - Rogue Community College - Redwood Campus

ISRI Pittsburgh Chapter

Elizabeth Bojalad - Pennsylvania State University

Robert Carson - Slippery Rock University

Zachary Diethorn - The University of Alabama

Melanie Mienke - University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg

Madison Stanton University of Pikeville

ISRI PSI Chapter

Nathan Dummitt - Georgia Institute of Technology

Jaden Johns - Mississippi State University

Abigail Kodidek - The University of Chicago

Rory Perkins - Washington University in St. Louis

William Ragans lll - Florida State University

Ileana Rodriguez - Haverford College

Elizabeth Stricklin - Auburn University

Julia Williams - University of Miami

Rhiannon Wimer - Bucknell University

ISRI Rocky Mountain Chapter                     

Avery Hess - University of Utah

Hannah Schipaanboord - Austin Community College Hays Campus

ISRI Southeast Region

Jakob Abrams - Arizona State University

Edwin Amaya - Northern Virginia Community College

Silvia Arevalo Caceres - Montgomery College

Mason Bernard - Clemson University

Blake Bernard - Clemson University

Nolan Cardwell - Tennessee Tech University

Allie Cardwell - University of Alabama

Garrett Crumes - Owensboro Community and Technical College

Jamie Erwin - Austin Peay State University

Emily Gibson - Longwood University

Dulce Labra - University of South Carolina Upstate

Guillermo Labra - Spartanburg Community College

Alexandria Laughter - Converse College

Stephen McCall - Middle Tennessee State University

Emma Rutherford - University of Kentucky

Samuel Schaer - Brevard College

Iris Schaer - Florida State University

Lydia Schulz - University of South Carolina

Cole Scott - Western Kentucky University

Mason Weaver - Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville

ISRI Upper Midwest Chapter       

Abby Brandecker - University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

Kyle Janssen - St. Cloud State University

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The Recycling Education and Research Foundation's (RERF) mission is to sponsor projects which promote public awareness, education, research, and the advancement of recycling. The Foundation has fulfilled its mission in two primary areas by offering scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students, military veterans, and funding research beneficial to the recycling industry. Through generous donations from people within the industry, the Foundation has awarded more than $1.6 million in scholarships to 1,200 students across the country and has overseen much-needed research in science and technology involved with recycling.