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Where Are They Now? Catching Up With an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient BREANNA SCHNEIDER, OPERATIONS ANALYST, GRAINGER BREANNA SCHNEIDER HAD a formative experience in high school when her Advanced Placement statistics class watched the movie “Moneyball,” about how the budget‑constrained Oakland Athletics used statistical analysis to build an overachieving roster. Schneider said the film inspired her to study statistics at the ...

Where Are They Now? Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient EMMA GRACE WOOLSEY, QUALITY ENGINEER, APPIAN CORP. Emma Grace Woolsey is getting a change of scenery later than originally planned, but in terms of launching her career, she’s right on schedule. In July, Woolsey began her role as a quality engineer at Appian Corp., a McLean, Virginia‑based software provider ...

Where Are They Now? Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient   STEPHEN FARLEY, SUPPLY CHAIN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, KIMBERLY‑CLARK Stephen Farley arrived at Penn State University in 2021 prepared to study finance and pursue a career in investment banking, following in the footsteps of his mother, an executive assistant at a leading Wall Street firm. But then, at the suggestion ...

Where Are They Now? Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient JOSHUA LINE, FIELD ENGINEER II, SEEGRID CORP. Students who graduated college in 2020 faced challenges that previous graduates did not, including maneuvering requirements to complete their degrees along with pandemic-related restrictions and a shrinking job market. “I graduated with an industrial engineering degree in 2020, and I was looking ...

Where Are They Now? Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient BY SHERYL S. JACKSON BEN BRUNS, SENIOR SUPPLIER, INDUSTRIALIZATION ENGINEER, TESLA As a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Ben Bruns had opportunities to work as a team member in his co-op positions as well as part of the school’s team that was awarded second place in the ...

Where Are They Now? Catching Up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient BY SHERYL S. JACKSON When Eric Gilbert, founder of Excel3PL, switched from a mechanical engineering degree program at Oklahoma State University to an industrial engineering (IE) program, he was not thinking about the supply chain industry as a career. His mix of school, work and personal experiences not only led ...

Where Are They Now? Catching Up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient WILL BLACK, CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST, MERCEDES BENZ Consumers expect fast service—at their favorite restaurants, in retail shops, and especially from the service department of their car dealership. The expectation for quick turnaround on service and repairs is what makes Will Black’s job both rewarding and challenging. When he graduated ...

The Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. (MHEFI) has awarded $200,000 in scholarships to 56 students for the 2023/2024 academic year. This is the largest amount of financial support MHEFI has ever awarded. The scholarships were given to 56 undergraduate students who have a focus on material handling, logistics and/or supply chain management. All recipients were required to be full-time students ...

The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI) is pleased to announce the formation of the Al Wurz Scholarship Fund. This fund was made possible from generous contributions totaling $176,621 from Jane, Ron and Dave Wurz, his loving family. The Al Wurz Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student studying at universities and colleges in the United States in the ...

Where Are They Now? Catching Up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient JERIMY LOGAN, SERVICE DELIVERY MANAGER, TMC The journey from a music degree to a career in supply chain management may not sound like a logical pathway, but for Jerimy Logan, it made sense. He received his undergraduate degree in music from Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois, then worked as ...