Freshman Carissa Ashman receives the inaugural $1,000 "Women in Forest Products Scholarship" for environmental engineering, aiming to diversify the male-dominated industry.

Carissa Ashman, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, has been awarded the first "Women in Forest Products Scholarship" by the Wisconsin Paper Council and Ahlstrom, worth $1,000. The scholarship celebrates her passion for environmental engineering and her family's papermaking history. It aims to encourage more women to enter the male-dominated industry and increase diversity.

August 26, 2024
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