March 6, 2024, Hawthorne, N.J.:
The DFI Educational Trust recently awarded 11 scholarships totaling $38,750 to students pursuing careers in civil and geotechnical engineering. The scholarships went to the following recipients.
LANGAN Engineering & Environmental Services Legacy Scholarship Fund ($6,250 each)
- Yaser Zafari, graduate student, is the recipient of the Bernard F. Langan Scholarship at Purdue University.
- Kim Hertz, graduate student, received the Donald J. Murphy Memorial Scholarship at NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
- Sary Nicolas, graduate student, was awarded the George P. Kelley Memorial Scholarship at Drexel University.
Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund ($2,500 each)
- Tess King, senior, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Evan Nitschke, senior, Queen’s University, Ontario
Penn State Scholarship Fund ($2,500 each)
- Matthew Griffiths, junior
- Tracy Kinzer, graduate student
- Roger Newman, senior
University of Pittsburgh Scholarship Fund ($2,500 each)
- Jake Graff, senior
- Cain Pfoutz, senior
- Nathan Farabaugh, junior
The DFI Educational Trust manages 20 scholarship programs funded by endowments, donations and fundraising events. Since 2006, the Trust has awarded nearly $2 million in scholarships to more than 500 students studying at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada.
To donate to these and other scholarship funds, visit www.trust.dfi.org.
