2024 Annual PHOENIX Scholarship Winners Announced
Each year, PHOENIX awards scholarships to deserving students pursuing higher education. The PHOENIX scholarship program enables the company to recognize the contributions of current employee's family members and our community members by helping fulfill their higher education goals. Each student receives $2,500 a year towards a full-time undergraduate or trade school degree. We are honored to introduce you to these four outstanding recipients.
In 2019, PHOENIX added the David N. Moore STEM scholarship to honor David’s more than 40 years of service with PHOENIX and his contribution to our Technical Services Department. The Moore STEM Scholarship is awarded to a full-time college student of a PHOENIX employee pursuing a major in a STEM-related field.
Mia Ruiz is the recipient of the David N. Moore Scholarship and will be pursuing Health Science on the Pre-Occupational Therapy track at Aurora University. She is the daughter of Paul Moshesh, an Account Coordinator at our corporate office in Aurora, Illinois.
The Raymond Kohs Scholarship was established to honor Raymond Kohs, who contributed more than 60 years of dedicated service to PHOENIX. The Kohs scholarship is awarded to a high school senior of a full-time PHOENIX employee.
Joseph Balgro received the Raymond A. Kohs Scholarship and is majoring in Accounting & Finance at the University of Iowa. Joseph is the son of Ruth Anne Balgro, an Inside Sales Representative at our corporate office in Aurora, Illinois.
The Ed Buck Scholarship was established in 2022 to honor Ed’s 48-year career at PHOENIX, where he started as a Machine Operator and worked his way up to Vice President of Manufacturing. The Ed Buck Scholarship is awarded to a spouse or child of a PHOENIX employee looking to continue their education.
Jackson McCalister received the Ed Buck Scholarship to aid in studying Business Analytics at the University of Iowa. He is the son of Randy Schulz, Maintenance Supervisor at our Davenport, Iowa facility.
PHOENIX established the Jeff Davis Community Scholarship in 2023. Before retirement, Jeff was a proud resident of Naperville for many years and enthusiastically shared his leadership skills while serving the community in the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce, The Rotary Club, as a school board member for Naperville's Indian Prairie District 204, and as a board member of the Naperville Public Library. This scholarship is open to any graduating high school senior living in Naperville, Illinois to apply each spring.
Mathew Randal is the recipient of the Jeff Davis Community Scholarship. He is a 2024 Naperville North High School graduate and will be studying Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
PHOENIX emphasizes the importance of education and is delighted to support our employees and their families in pursuing their academic goals. Congratulations to our 2024 PHOENIX Scholarship recipients! We can't wait to see what the future holds for each of them!