Richard C. Ryan Scholarship Awarded to Michigan State Student

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and Dorner Manufacturing are proud to announce Michigan State University's Alexandra Slagle as the recipient of the 2015 Richard C. Ryan Scholarship.

“Every year there are more and more applicants for scholarships in the packaging industry,” said Maria Ferrante, vice president of Education & Workforce Development, PMMI. “This year was no exception, and Alexandra certainly raised the bar for future applicants.”

Alexandra’s application focused on a scope of learning that extended beyond her packaging major coursework to encompass engineering and physics, and emphasized the critical role packaging can play in battling hunger in developing countries.

“This was a difficult decision because of the quality of all of our applicants, but we’re pleased to have selected Alexandra Slagle as the recipient of the Richard C. Ryan Scholarship for 2015,” said Jim Barwick, director of Human Resources, Dorner Mfg. Corp. “She has a clear understanding of the field, has a plan, shows passion and we were particularly impressed by her international perspective.”

The $2,000 Richard C. Ryan Packaging Education Scholarship was established in memory of Richard C. Ryan, former president and CEO of Dorner Manufacturing Corporation, a PMMI member company. It is one of several scholarships administered by the PMMI Foundation, which provides more than $100,000 annually in scholarships to students and has provided more than $1.5 million in support since 1998.

For more information on the PMMI Scholarship program, contact Dawn Smith, education program coordinator, at [email protected] or 571.612.3204.

About PMMI
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is a trade association representing more than 700 companies that provide a full range of processing and packaging machinery, materials, components and containers. PMMI actively brings buyers and sellers together through initiatives such as packexpo.com, educational programs and world-class events, connecting participants in the processing and packaging supply chain with their customers around the world. PMMI produces the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows that include PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 (Sept. 28–30, Las Vegas Convention Center); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015; EXPO PACK México 2016, May 17–20, (Mexico City, Expo Bancomer Santa Fe); PACK EXPO International 2016, Nov. 6–9 (McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International 2016; PACK EXPO East 2017, Feb. 27–March 1, (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia) and EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2017, June 13–15, 2017 (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico). PMMI owns the PMMI Media Group, a market-leading B2B media company that produces information for processing and packaging professionals, bringing together solution providers and end-users and facilitating connectivity throughout the supply chain. Its world class media brands - Packaging World, Automation World, Healthcare Packaging, Contract Packaging and Packaging + Processing OEM- are proven leaders in covering this diverse and dynamic marketplace, and its digital products incorporate leading edge media technologies to deliver informed, actionable business intelligence to the industry. PMMI Media Group also produces The Automation Conference, an annual education and networking forum, taking place in Chicago each spring.

Learn more at PMMI.org and Packexpo.com and pmmimediagroup.com.