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Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient BY KATIE KUEHNER‑HEBERT DEAN MOUNT IS keen on industrial engineering because the discipline focuses on “the big picture.” Mount was a 2024‑2025 Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI) scholarship recipient “Instead of designing a product, you get to organize all the variables of a process. That broader scope appeals to me,” says Mount, ...

FOR THE 2026/2027 academic year, the Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI) has reached a new high‑water mark: $312,300 awarded to 73 outstanding students. As the largest scholarship total in the organization’s history, this record reflects MHEFI’s enduring investment in the future leaders of the material handling industry. Scholarships were awarded to full‑time undergraduate students pursuing studies in material handling, ...

Where Are They Now? Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient MATTHEW WELLS, DESIGN ENGINEER, HYTROL CONVEYOR CO. INC. BY KATIE KUEHNER‑HEBERT MATTHEW WELLS HAS always had a passion for material handling, starting from working on his family’s farm to designing parcel belt conveyors. “Only now, my material has changed from field crops to just about anything you can think of,” ...

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 ...

Although Bethany Patterson’s education didn’t focus on supply chain, her career journey eventually led her to a field that has “stretched, challenged and inspired” her in unanticipated ways. After attending Lee University in Tennessee and transferring to the University of North Carolina—Charlotte, Patterson earned a degree in marketing and international public relations. At the time, she never imagined a career ...

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: Amber Clauss, Operations Engineer, Fortna Just how much can artificial intelligence (AI) improve material‑handling software such as warehouse execution systems? As an operations engineer for FORTNA, an Atlanta‑based supplier of supply chain software and solutions, Amber Clauss is determined to find out. Clauss, 23, reports directly to the company’s ...

At the supply chain industry evolves to meet global demands, the need to attract and cultivate top talent is critical. Recognizing this, the MHI Board of Governors has approved a $250,000 contribution to the Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI). This one‑time gift underscores MHI’s commitment to building a robust talent pipeline for the material handling and supply chain industry. ...

The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI) proudly announces $80,253 raised during its annual fundraiser at the MHI Annual Conference. These funds will enable MHEFI to provide scholarships to students and educators pursuing material handling and supply chain fields, helping to build a skilled workforce for this vital industry. Through the generosity of its donors, MHEFI was able to fund ...