VPPPA Announces 2018 Scholarship Winners

The association's Safety+ annual national conference is taking place Aug. 28-31 at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, and scholarship recipients will be recognized during that event.

The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association has announced the winners of its 2018 Awards and Scholarships. The association's Safety+ annual national conference is taking place Aug. 28-31 at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, and scholarship recipients will be recognized during that event.

Scholarship recipients are:

  • June Brothers Scholarship Winner: Cameron Cothran, Andale, Kansas
  • Sergeant Safety Scholarship Winner: Jenna Marie Schroeder, West Richland, Wash.
  • Stephen Brown Scholarship Winner: Rylan Jayde Grimes, Gilliam, Mo.
  • William "Sully" Sullivan Scholarship Winner: Meaghan Morris, Nashua, N.H.

Recipients of VPPPA Annual Awards are:

  • VPP Outreach Award Winners: John Dyer, Veolia Environmental Services, Philadelphia, Pa.; SRNS Team, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, Aiken, S.C.
  • VPP Innovation Award Winners: CHPRC Purex Tunnel, CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company, Richland, Wash.; Washington River Protection Solutions, Richland, Wash.
  • VPPPA Safety & Health Outreach Award Winner: Terry Gray, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.

Safety & Health Achievement Program winners are:

  • Adam Hammelman, General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • Alan Ziolkowski, General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee
  • Brandon Heath, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Aiken, S.C.
  • Guy Shaulis, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
  • Jodie Saverance, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Aiken, S.C.
  • Sam Elder, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
  • Stephanie Hargrave, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
  • Willie Clark, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.

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