Student Engagement Committee
The mission of this Committee is to develop programming that raises awareness of order fulfillment solutions among students and faculty.
Material Handling Student Design Competition
OFS co-sponsorship of the Material Handling Student Design Competitions funds travel for representatives of the winning teams to attend MHIA trade shows as well as contributes to the prize money each winning team receives.
Below is a photo of the 2010-11 winning team representatives at MODEX 2012.
Click here to view past winners.
2010-11 Design Competition Winners In the picture from left to right are Paul Evanko (St. Onge Company), Brian Keiger (OFS Vice-Chair), Jeremy Rickli (Virginia Tech, First Place Team Advisor), Bill Schell (Montana State, Second Place Team Representative), Brian Neuwirth (OFS Chair), Mike Ogle (Managing Director of OFS and CICMHE), Estelle Sillari-Owens (California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo, Third Place Team Member), Kimberly Ellis (CICMHE President) and Andres Carrano (CICMHE Vice-President).
OFS Annual Scholarship
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OFS contributes money yearly to the Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. to supply money for a scholarship.
The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. was established in 1976 as an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and supporting material handling education.
The Foundation offers a variety of scholarships to students pursuing an education in material handling. These scholarships are grouped into three types of funds: Company Funds, Named Scholarship Funds and Material Handling Industry Product Section/Trade Association Funds. Contributors can choose a particular fund or an individual scholarship. The affairs of the Foundation are administered at the offices of Material Handling Industry of America. |
2010-2011 Scholarship
Recipient
Charles Crawford
MHIA Order
Fulfillment Council Honor |
For more information on how you can participate in the efforts of the Foundation, please contact Victoria Wheeler, Executive Director at 704-676-1190 or vwheeler@mhia.org.