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CHAIRMAN’S
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
$5,000
Arthur Morgan
of Los Angeles,
California, son of Frederique Mary,
Wine-n-Gear—University of
California, Los Angeles
Lauren Nessler
of North Mankato,
Minnesota, daughter of Dan Nessler,
Promotions Powerhouse—University
of Minnesota-Twin Cities
FRIENDS OF PPMN
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
$1,000
Jessica Gibbons-Rauch
of Winfield,
Illinois, Concord Marketing
Solutions—Northern Illinois
University
VINCENT J. ARENA
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
$1,000
John Ebersold
of Downers Grove,
Illinois, son of Kent Ebersold,
Ebersold, Inc.—University of
Alabama
CASTELLI N.A.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
$1,000
Lyndee Mansfield
, daughter of Jo
Colonius, Think Tank Studio—
University of Florida
EUGENE P. CESARIO
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
$1,000
Andrew Kaiser
of Chesterfield,
Missouri, son of David Kaiser,
Universal Creative Concepts—
University of Missouri
GAUGER FAMILY
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
$1,000
Benjamin Wallace
of Bethel Park,
Pennsylvania, son of Gerald Wallace,
Premiums, Promotions & Imports,
Inc.—Indiana University-
Bloomington
Andrew Kaiser
John Ebersold
Lauren Nessler
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• SEPTEMBER 2015
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THIS IS WHERE THE
PROMOTIONAL Products Education
Foundation (PPEF) comes in. Funded
by PPAI and donations from the promo-
tional products industry, the Foundation
provides college scholarships to students
with a parent in the industry, and to
industry professionals themselves. Since
1989, the foundation has been making a
college degree more affordable, with
$1,417,000 in scholarships awarded to
date. Earlier this year, PPEF distributed
$150,000 in scholarships to 77 new and
29 renewal recipients, the highest dollar
amount ever awarded in a given year.
“We are proud to have increased our
scholarship awards by $25,000 in 2015,”
says Patricia Dugan, MAS, PPEF Chair.
“To underscore our commitment to stu-
dents with the greatest financial need,
PPEF made a major change this year by
awarding larger payments to need-based
recipients than merit recipients. Need-
based Four-Year Scholarship winners
will receive $8,000 over four years while
the merit winners receive $4,000 over
four years. Need-based One-Year
Scholarship winners will receive a
$2,000 one-time payment while the
merit winners will receive $1,000.
“While, unfortunately, we can’t offer
scholarships to all deserving students in
the industry, we thank all of our sustain-
ing donors, sponsors, supporters and
friends of PPEF whose efforts and gen-
erosity make college a reality for many
bright and motivated students who oth-
erwise might not have that opportunity.”
The deadline for 2016 scholarships is
March 15, 2016. Scholarships are avail-
able to full-time promotional products
industry employees or their dependent
children and applicants must have a
minimum GPA of 3.0 to apply. Find
more requirements and the application
at
www.ppef.us.
PPEF is proud to announce the fol-
lowing 2015 scholarship winners:
Jessica Gibbons-
Rauch
Lyndee Mansfield
Arthur Morgan
// PPEF 2015 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS