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News Aug. 1, 2024

Students receive roofing industry scholarship

The Roofing Alliance has announced the recipients of its Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year.

This year’s new scholarship recipients are:

  • Jack Armstrong, building science student at Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.
  • Cole Celano, building construction student at University of North Florida, Jacksonville
  • Phillip Hirte, construction management student at Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis
  • Kennedy Jones, construction management student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro
  • Hallie Lemmon, daughter of Chris Lemmon, operations manager for Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal, West Virginia University, Morgantown
  • Gaabriel Lovaas, construction management student at Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis
  • Mary Madalyn Massengale, building science student at Auburn University, Auburn
  • Madeline Meuwissen, construction project management student at Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis
  • Melina Risi, construction science and management student at Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.
  • Arjun Varadhan, building science student at Auburn University, Auburn
  • Erin Williams, employed at Recovery Roofing Inc., University of North Florida, Jacksonville

The Roofing Alliance Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarship Program offers three scholarship opportunities. All categories are open to employees of roofing industry companies, their spouses and their dependent children, as well as construction management students enrolled in undergraduate level or students enrolled in CTE programs or schools (regardless of industry affiliation). Learn more about the scholarship categories

In addition, the Roofing Alliance renewed 12 Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. The recipients include:

  • Caylin Angel, who is attending Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.
  • Cole Beyer, who is attending University of Minnesota: Twin Cities, Minneapolis
  • Aidan Carpenter, who is attending North Carolina State University, Raleigh
  • Zackary Cekalla, who is attending University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Cade Edwards, who is attending Boyce College, Louisville, Ky.
  • Cecelia Krumholz, who is attending University of Minnesota: Twin Cities, Minneapolis
  • Piper Lewis, who is attending Boston College
  • Brayden Morford, who is attending Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
  • Michael Nwaigbo, who is attending University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Alexis Petty, who is attending Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Ind.
  • Hannah Redding, who is attending Penn State University, University Park, Pa.
  • Kennedy Stockton, who is attending University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Roofing Alliance awarded $60,000 for scholarship renewals and $43,000 for new scholarships for a total of $103,000 for the 2024-25 school year. To date, 166 students have received $1.178 million in scholarship awards.

For more information about the Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarship Program, click here or contact Alison L. LaValley, CAE, the Roofing Alliance’s executive director, at alavalley@nrca.net.

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