The Business Technology Association (BTA) announced its 2024-25 scholarship winners. Twenty-six students were awarded scholarships. This year, BTA awarded one $3,000, one $2,000, and 24 $1,500 and $1,000 scholarships to qualifying children of full-time employees of current BTA member dealerships. Since the 1984-85 school year, BTA has awarded 1,587 scholarships to deserving students, totaling $1.8105 million.
On Feb. 23, 1968, the Dorothy R. Ames Scholarship Fund was announced in honor of Ames at her retirement dinner in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, for her many contributions to the industry. Ames retired as the executive vice president of the Ames Supply Co. Ultimately, the fund became the BTA Scholarship Foundation, benefiting the sons and daughters of employees of BTA member dealerships nationwide.
Scholarship recipients are chosen each year by an impartial and independent evaluator. The scholarship recipients for the 2024-25 school year and their sponsoring BTA member dealerships are as follows:
- Joseph Arcand, EO Johnson Business Technologies, Wausau, Wisconsin
- Riley Austin, Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office, New York City, New York
- Emily Bourgois, Fireside Office Solutions, Bismarck, North Dakota
- Diane Bradley, UBEO Business Services, San Antonio, Texas
- Anthony Brown, Current Office Solutions, Bryan, Ohio
- Celina Ellenbecker, EO Johnson Business Technologies, Wausau, Wisconsin
- Lily Fulford, Loy’s Office Supplies, LaGrange, Georgia
- Samantha Gardner, Applied Innovation, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Anna Hamvas, Coordinated Business Systems, Burnsville, Minnesota
- Riley Husted, Applied Innovation, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Lydia Imbrogno, Gordon Flesch Company Inc., Fitchburg, Wisconsin
- Allison Joyce, Gordon Flesch Company Inc., Fitchburg, Wisconsin
- Garrett Lee, Centriworks | Thermocopy, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Nick Marigo, Kyocera Document Solutions Northern California, Santa Rosa, California
- Ashley Nierman, Eakes Office Solutions, Grand Island, Nebraska
- Bailey Nutter, Eakes Office Solutions, Grand Island, Nebraska
- Nealy Sankey, Memphis Communications Corp., Memphis, Tennessee
- Avery Smartt, UBEO Business Services, San Antonio, Texas
- Brinkley Snow, Advanced Business Systems, Tallahassee, Florida
- Kelsey Thacker, Kelly Office Solutions, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- McKenna Titulaer, Wisconsin Document Imaging, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- McKenzie Turner, Duplicator Sales & Service, Louisville, Kentucky
- Stacie Tyndall, Systel Business Equipment Co. Inc., Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Daniela Valderrama, Copiers Northwest Inc., Seattle, Washington
- Jessica Wakeman, UBEO Business Services, San Antonio, Texas
- Alexa Webb, Pacific Office Automation Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
