SWANA Distributes $30,000 in Scholarships

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has selected six students to receive $30,000 in scholarships through its Grant H. Flint Scholarship Program, Gershman Scholarship, and the Robert P. Stearns/SCS Engineers Scholarship.

The scholarship winners were drawn from a pool of 27 scholarship applications nominated to SWANA by Chapters across the United States and Canada. Each student will receive a $5,000 scholarship for use in the coming academic year.

Category I: Graduating high school seniors studying any subject and sponsored by someone in their family who is a SWANA member:

	Katerina Brynda, studying Business Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Katerina was nominated by the North Carolina Chapter and sponsored by her father Kenneth Brynda, Midwest Region Air Quality Advisor, SCS Engineers.
	Joseph Buono, studying Mechanical Engineering at Rutgers University. Joseph was nominated by the New Jersey Chapter and sponsored by his father Michael Buono, Director of Program Development, Environmental Service Management Group.
	Ethan Woolley, studying Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. Ethan was nominated by the Utah Chapter and sponsored by his grandfather Dwayne Woolley, retired General Manager, Trans-Jordan Cities.

Category II: Undergraduate junior or senior pursuing a degree in a field related to solid waste or resource management:

Jenna Springer, a SWANA student member studying Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Jenna was nominated by the Wisconsin Chapter.

Harvey W. Gershman Scholarship, named for the co-founder of Gershman, Brickner & Bratton (GBB), and awarded to an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in studies related to solid waste or resource management and intending to seek employment in the field:

Cameron Nevel, a SWANA student member and Environmental Engineering student at Northeastern University in Boston, originally from Montgomery, New York.

The Robert P. Stearns/SCS Engineers Scholarship, named for the co-founder of SCS Engineers, and awarded to a student entering or already enrolled in a graduate program and pursuing a degree in environmental science, engineering, or other major related to solid waste or resource management:

Ashpreet Kaur, a SWANA student member working on a PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology at the University of Florida. Ashpreet was nominated by the Florida Chapter.

Several applicants have also agreed to share their essays as blogs on SWANA’s website. “The writing submitted by the students is often personal, appreciative, and insightful and we’re always happy when they agree to let us share,” said SWANA Deputy Executive Director Sara Bixby.

See the first of this year’s shared essays, The Importance of the Three Rs, on SWANA's website with other blogs from members.

For more information about the Grant H. Flint Scholarship Awards Program, visit Grant H. Flint International Scholarship Program. Applications for the 2023-2024 academic year will be released in February 2023.