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Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation
and Paper Science & Engineering
College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
December 2008 |
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A Fruitful Fall Recruiting Season
Over 100 prospective students attended our
Student-Parent Information Nights held in Moses Lake, Spokane,
Tri-Cities, Longview, Vancouver, and Chehalis. Sponsors for the
Information Night events were:
AstenJohnson
Boise, Inc.
Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Hercules, Inc.
Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc.
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We extend special thanks to these sponsors and the
employees who generously volunteered their time. The information nights
were aided by showing the recently developed DVD which can be viewed at:
http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rID=26504&fID=5578
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Interest was excellent at our info nights and
led to 12 students accompanied by their parents as guests at our
Campus Day on
December 6th. At the Campus Day round table, a lively
question & answer session was given by our PSE students.
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Got Students? If you have a student you would like
to recommend or just need more information about the PSE program and
WPPF scholarships, please get in touch with us or point them to our
email:
wppf@u.washington.edu.
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Got Jobs? - Student Placement
We have been visited by numerous companies seeking full
time, intern and co-op positions. Our PSE students have
polished their resumes and interviewing skills and have accepted several jobs.
If you have an opening or would like to discuss employment of our PSE students,
please contact Tom Wolford at 206-543-7554 or
wolfordt@u.washington.edu.
Memberships: Welcome & Thanks to 2 New Members!
Nippon Paper Group,
manufacturer of directory
 and
yellow pages has recently joined the Foundation’s membership. Nippon
joined at the Underwriter level and their donation will receive a 50%
match from the College of Forest Resources. Welcome aboard - we
look forward to working with the folks in Port Angeles!
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 We
also welcome and thank
Ferguson Valve and Automation!
Located in Portland,
Oregon, Ferguson
Valve & Automation (FVA) provides valve actuation, modification and
fabrication services to end user companies throughout North America. FVA
also is the sales marketing arm for FNW. Private
Label Products which consist mainly of valves and commercial/industrial
items.
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Membership Drives:
The Third Annual Telethon resulted in several member companies renewing their 2008 WPPF
membership and the addition of at least two new members. As the
year closes, we have 37
member companies contributing to the scholarship fund.
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Save the Date!
May 28, 2009
will mark our
40th
Annual Conference.
This conference expects to be
exciting and informative as we discuss
the College of the Environment and have a keynote
speech on
the elements of sustainability.
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The Washington
Pulp and Paper Foundation is a vigorous and enterprising organization of member
companies, alumni and friends centered at the University of Washington.
Our mission is to provide the paper and allied industries with outstanding
graduates who have breadth and depth of knowledge, make immediate contributions
and are future leaders.
Thank you for your support of the Washington Pulp & Paper Foundation
and the
Paper Science & Engineering program.
To unsubscribe, or to receive this newsletter in text format, send a message to
wppf@u.washington.edu
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