CONTACT
Send questions about entry to submissions@lastmilescholarship.com
SCHOLARSHIP BACKGROUND/ABOUT D.W. MORGAN
Founded in 1990, D.W. Morgan Company is a supply chain management, logistics, and transportation firm based in Pleasanton, California. For 20 years, D.W. Morgan has optimized clients’ dynamic global supply chains—from product conception to distribution in the supply chain’s critical "Last Mile"—in more than 85 locations around the world. Since its inception, D.W. Morgan has been conscious of its potential to impact the environment and society, and is thus committed to conducting business in a way that does so positively. To that end, D.W. Morgan has created several philanthropic efforts to support healthy communities over the years and has implemented a rigorous plan to become a leader in sustainable supply chain management. |
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JUDGING
Judging will take place between December 1, 2010 and January 18, 2011, and the four winners will be notified and announced on the D.W. Morgan site by January 19, 2011. Judging will be done by a collaborative panel, which includes:
Steve Banker
Director Supply Chain Management, ARC Advisory Group
David Morgan
Founder and CEO, D.W. Morgan Company
Grant Opperman
President and CSO, D.W. Morgan Company
Andrew Reese
Editor, Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Felecia Stratton
Editor, Inbound Logistics
RULES/REQUIREMENTS
1. Applicants must complete all required information and submit all materials (written and video) in English.
2. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in an accredited college/university with a major or minor concentration in supply chain, logistics or transportation management (or equivalent).
3. Applicants must be in the final two semesters or final three quarters of their bachelor degree, entering their senior year during the 2010-2011 academic year. Graduation dates should be in Winter 2010 or Spring 2011.
4. Winners will sign a contract with the D.W. Morgan Company pledging that the award will be used to cover educational or career expenses (this includes living expenses).
5. DW Morgan reserves the right to disqualify any entry deemed inappropriate at its discretion.
6. All entries become the property of D.W. Morgan and will not be returned. D.W. Morgan may use, edit, and excerpt these entries for promotional or any other purpose, including placing them on D.W. Morgan’s website or other materials without attribution or compensation. D.W. Morgan also reserves the right to use the names and likeness of the scholarship winners for any purpose.
7. For consideration as eligible applicants, and by receipt of any scholarship money awarded, applicants and winners of the scholarship agree to release and hold harmless D.W. Morgan and its respective subsidiaries, agents or affiliates, including officers, directors, and employees from and against any claims or cause of action, including but not limited to personal injury, death or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the scholarship program or receipt or use of the scholarship money.
8. Awards are in U.S. dollars.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Finalists will be selected for the originality, creativity, and feasibility of the ideas they’ve presented as well as the passion they’ve put into communicating the ideas. Judges want to see that idea(s) have been thought through and explained clearly. |