DRI Foundation Scholarship winner Gentry Gardner’s impressive list of accomplishments includes an extensive amount of volunteer work, the result of a decision he made at a very young age. “I got involved in scouting back in about first grade, and…
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From the Desert to the Stars: High School Senior Scholarship Winner’s Next Step is Aerospace Engineering
When Todd Plesco, CBCP, received the call that his son, Victor, had won the DRI Foundation Scholarship for high school seniors, he was “shocked – pleasantly so!” It’s no secret Victor is a high achieving student. “As an athlete and…
Read the Winning DRI Foundation Scholarship Essay by Eddie Dixon
Essay Question Please provide your thoughts on how you could affect preparedness in your community. The Crisis Read the newspaper on any given day, and you will read about a crisis or emergency of some kind. It is not a…
Read the Winning DRI Foundation Scholarship Essay by Mariel Thompson
ESSAY QUESTION For an organization or nation to be best prepared requires a holistic, united collaboration among all the elements that will reduce risk and increase the state of readiness. While resources are an important requirement; the ability for participants…
Congratulations to 2019 High School Senior Scholarship Winner Eddie Dixon!
Eddie Dixon is one resilient young man. He’s also the winner of the DRI Foundation scholarship for a high school senior. A recent graduate of Southwest Guilford High School with a 4.31GPA, Eddie and was captain of the varsity lacrosse…
Congratulations to 2019 Undergraduate Scholarship Winner Mariel Thompson!
Mariel Thompson thought her mom’s phone was hacked. “It was 10 o’clock in the morning and I was at work. She kept calling and texting me messages like ‘Mariel, answer the phone,’ and sounding really excited and I thought for…
2018 Undergrad Scholarship Winner Knows the Value of a Backup Plan
Julia Neuvirth knows exactly what to do when confronted with a possible data security issue. “The first thing I do is call my dad,” she says. Julia is the winner of the 2018 DRI Foundation $5,000 college scholarship for a…
2017 Undergrad Scholarship Winner: ‘This is Huge for My Family’
What can you say about DRI Foundation Scholarship winner Michael Tatum Jr.? A lot. But let’s start here: The Georgia Tech student is a peer leader; a Division 1 cheerleader; a member of Eta Kappa Nu, the Electrical and Computer…
Congratulations to 2017’s DRI Foundation High School Senior Scholarship Winner!
When Richard Wilson’s phone rang on Thursday, June 8, he didn’t recognize the number, didn’t recognize the voice on the other end, and like many of us who are tired of getting calls from telemarketers and phone scammers, Richard hung…
Announcing the Winner of the Annual $5,000 DRI Foundation High School Senior Scholarship!
Daniel Pelis is “a quiet leader” and “not a big guy for the spotlight,” says his father Paul Pelis. But the spotlight is something Daniel is going to have to get used to as the winner of this year’s DRI…