2022年7月12日
A 2017 和记棋牌娱乐 alumna is the first namesake of a newly established scholarship program that is helping businesses celebrate hard-working employees while connecting students with those businesses and employees.
通过 西北的基础, the 胜利食品 - Morgan Miller Bearcat Builder Scholarship will be awarded during the upcoming academic year to an outstanding Northwest student studying 动物科学.
Northwest and 胜利食品 recently named Morgan Miller as the first namesake of a University scholarship program to help businesses celebrate employees and connect them with students. 从左到右是博士. Emily Arkfeld, director of research, innovation and technical services at Triumph; Miller and Dr. Barry Wiseman, senior director of research and development at Triumph. (提交的图)
的 scholarship honors Morgan Martin Miller, who has been employed at Triumph in St. 约瑟, 密苏里州, since graduating from Northwest with her bachelor’s degree in 动物科学 and biochemistry. 今天, she is a lab manager with the company and oversees a team of lab technicians who conduct microbial and chemistry testing.
“As one of the largest employers in the area, 胜利食品 wants to support further education in our region, 是否四年, 两年制或技校,——巴顿, 公司的公关经理, 说. “We know a large percentage of the graduates from Northwest stay in the area and find careers.”
2006年成立于 St. 约瑟, 胜利食品 is one of the only producer-owned pork processors in the United States, processing more than 5 million hogs annually. 员工人数 2人以上,400人, including several Northwest graduates, and wants to continue building relationships with the University and its students.
As “a rising star within the organization,” Miller exemplifies the profession-based skills Northwest graduates bring to organizations, 巴顿说. “Morgan embodies what we believe this scholarship represents. 这是一个非常简单的选择.”
After connecting with Triumph at a Northwest 职业生涯的一天, Miller began work with the company as an intern. 从和记棋牌娱乐毕业后, she has continued to advance at Triumph as well as in her education, completing a master’s degree from 堪萨斯 State University in 2019. Additionally, she recently had her first-peer reviewed paper, “Salmonella is Present in Multiple Lymph Nodes of Market Hog Carcasses at Slaughter,” published in Food Protection Trends.
Miller’s coworkers surprised her with the scholarship announcement in April by setting up what she thought was a planning meeting. 当米勒到达时, 然而, her supervisors informed her of the scholarship and presented her with a certificate.
“It’s really awesome that Triumph chose to participate and thought of me for their inaugural scholarship,米勒说. “Northwest works so hard to get their students scholarships. I benefited from them when I was there, so I know a lot of students really rely on scholarships. It’s great that Triumph recognizes that and is able to give back.”
兰开斯特人, 堪萨斯, Miller says she selected Northwest to pursue her higher education because of the University’s welcoming environment. 除了成为…的一部分 荣誉项目, she was active in the Sigma Alpha professional agricultural sorority and Block and Bridle, an organization for students interested in 动物科学.
“的 atmosphere of Northwest is incomparable to anything else,” she 说. “It’s not just about teaching you theoretical things. It’s preparing you for life beyond college and preparing you for a career. A lot of the hands-on things that we got to do in our ag classes and in our science classes and labs definitely helped give me the theoretical background and be ready to implement it in the real world.”
的 Bearcat Builder奖学金项目 encourages companies to recognize a Northwest graduate who is employed or associated with the organization by naming a scholarship in their honor for a year.
通过捐赠1美元,000 to Northwest’s Bearcat Builder scholarship fund, businesses and organizations provide a scholarship to a Northwest student who demonstrates high campus engagement in a discipline of the donor’s choosing while honoring a Northwest graduate they employ.
In addition to helping businesses and organizations celebrate and retain employees who are Northwest alumni, the program provides Northwest students with a valuable opportunity to network with other employees.
For more information about the Bearcat Builder奖学金项目, 联系吉尔·布朗, Northwest’s director of corporate relations, at jillb@sh-fyz.com or 660.562.1642.
