FAIRFAX, VA (October 2, 2023) – The Pest Management Foundation has opened the call for applications for its 2023-2024 scholarships.

Scholarships include:

All-American Pest Control Steam Trailblazer Scholarship

Donor: All-American Pest Control

The All-American Pest Control STEAM Trailblazer Scholarship is a distinguished program that honors and empowers outstanding young women with a drive to excel in science, technology, engineering, arts, or mathematics (STEAM). This $1,000 scholarship is a platform to uplift young women who embody All-Americans’ core values of servant leadership, thoughtful innovation, respectfulness, teamwork, and reliability while nurturing their passion for STEAM education. All-American Pest Control is a female-led company, and we aim to celebrate and support one remarkable female individual as they pursue a career in STEAM. 

 

Arrow Exterminators Endowed Scholarship

Donor: Arrow Exterminators 

Arrow Exterminators has been protecting the health and property of customers for more than 58 years.  From humble beginnings in 1964 when the company started in the back of a beauty parlor, to where we are today operating in 12 states with 165 locations and revenues exceeding $350 million dollars. Part of Arrow’s mission has always been to support the communities that support us. This scholarship is another way of doing just that, giving back to those communities. Arrow Exterminators is proud to establish and support this $1,000 scholarship that will carry the Arrow name into the future in perpetuity.  This scholarship will be awarded annually and reflect Arrow’s commitment to the industry. This scholarship is designed to be complimentary to existing scholarships within Arrow and the industry.

 

Bruce and Evelyn Bowman Endowed Scholarship

Donor: Bowman Termite and Pest Management

Bowman Termite and Pest Management has generously endowed the Bruce and Evelyn Bowman Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior each year in the state of Hawaii who has a parent or guardian working in pest management.

 

Daniel J. & Robert E. Klein Scholarship

Donor: Andrew Klein

Andrew Klein has generously endowed the Daniel J. & Robert E. Klein Scholarship. This $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior entering college or trade school each year.

 

Emily and Hugh Kendrick Family Scholarship

Donor: Emily and Hugh Kendrick 

The $1,000 Emily & Hugh Kendrick Family Scholarship is designed to be awarded to a student from one of the Kendrick Family’s home states of Georgia (Emily Thomas Kendrick) or Wyoming (Hugh Cumming Kendrick), or from their adopted state of Colorado. “We remain bullish about the future growth of this great Industry, and we’re committed to the development of the next generation of pest management professionals through the support of students pursuing higher education.”

 

Joe Thomas Endowed Scholarship

Donor: Arrow Exterminators 

Arrow Exterminators has been protecting the health and property of customers for more than 58 years. From humble beginnings in 1964 when the company started in the back of a beauty parlor, to where we are today operating in 12 states with 165 locations and revenues exceeding $350 million dollars. Part of Arrow’s mission has always been to support the communities that support us. This scholarship is another way of doing just that, giving back to those communities. Arrow Exterminators is proud to establish and support this $1,000 scholarship that will carry the name of Arrow’s owner and visionary, Joe Thomas, into the future in perpetuity. This scholarship is designed to be complimentary to existing scholarships within Arrow and the industry.

 

New Jersey Pest Management Association Pest Professional Stewardship Scholarship

Donor: New Jersey Pest Management Association

The New Jersey Pest Management Association has generously endowed the New Jersey Pest Management Association Pest Professional Stewardship Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior each year in the state of New Jersey entering the field of professional pest management who has a parent or guardian working in pest management.

 

Pest Management Foundation Scholarship

Donor: Pest Management Foundation

The Pest Management Foundation Scholarship Program will award up to five scholarships of up to $2,000 each, to outstanding students at accredited entomology programs at U.S. colleges or universities. In return, scholarship recipients will be asked to provide a letter explaining how the scholarship has helped them in their academic and research endeavors.

 

Sprague Pest Solutions Scholarship

Donor: Sprague Pest Solutions

Sprague Pest Solutions has generously endowed the $1,000 Sprague Pest Solutions Scholarship. This scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student each year whose studies focus on urban entomology, rodentology, or biological sciences.

 

All applications are due November 30, 2023, and recipients will be announced in mid-January, 2024. Details and application instructions for all scholarships can be found at www.npmapestworld.org/scholarships

 

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About the Pest Management Foundation

The Pest Management Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission and purpose is to advance the pest management industry through education, research, and outreach. The Pest Management Foundation is a charitable organization affiliated with the National Pest Management Association and has been in existence since 1961. The Pest Management Foundation funds urban/structural pest management research and student scholarships across the country.