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Scholarships
SC SWANA PALMETTO CHAPTER 2025 CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
1. SWANA SC YP Scholarship
The SC SWANA Board would like to sponsor a young professional in the solid waste industry to
attend the SWANA SC Palmetto Chapter Spring Conference to be held May 14 - 16, 2025 at the Hilton
Doubletree Resort in Myrtle Beach Oceanfront, SC.
Benefits:
Qualifying young professionals will each receive one free conference registration (A $295 Value!).
You will also receive reimbursement for your lodging up to $500 from May 14-16, 2025. This is a great opportunity for a young professional to network with other solid waste professionals. If you are not a young professional but know a young professional, please encourage them to respond. To find out more information about the 2025 Spring Conference, please go to the 2025 Spring Conference page here.
Eligibility Requirements:
How To Apply:
For those interested in this great opportunity, please email a brief one page letter to info@scswana.org or submit your form application by April 10, 2025: Here
If you apply by letter, your letter should include the following information:
The recipient will be notified by April 12, 2025. You will receive a conference voucher. Lodging will be reimbursed on the last day of the conference if a signed CEU form is submitted indicating attendance at 75% of the conference sessions.
We look forward to your responses and having you join us at the 2025 Spring Conference. If you have
any questions or need any additional information please email us at info@scswana.org
2. SC Palmetto Chapter of SWANA Johnny Schnabel Regulator Scholarship
In December 2024, the solid waste community lost one of its longstanding “regulators”. From landfills, to tires and even compost, Johnny was instrumental in permitting numerous solid waste management facilities. Also known by many as the “Ragin Cajun” due to his roots to his home state of Louisiana, Johnny loved his job as a solid waste permitting engineer at the SC Department of Health & Environmental Control (SCDHEC) and although he loved all things Cajun, he ultimately made South Carolina his home.
Johnny Schnabel began working for the Solid Waste Facilities Engineering Section at SCDHEC in February 1992 shortly after the passage of the Solid Waste Policy and Management Act of 1991. The Act encouraged regionalization of landfills and required new municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills to meet the requirements of Section 258 of the Federal Subtitle D regulations to include synthetic liners and leachate collection systems. As the Department worked with counties and private waste companies to close unlined landfills and permit new lined MSW landfills, Johnny played an integral part in the permitting of many of our landfills that are still in operation today. Johnny worked in the Solid Waste Section his entire time at SCDHEC until he retired in June 2016 with over 34 years of service to the Department and more importantly the solid waste industry. In that role he mentored dozens of staff members both young and old, passing on his years of experience and knowledge.
Johnny loved coming to work and stayed in his solid waste permitting position because he liked the engineering part of the job best. He especially liked making his famous “punch lists” to streamline the process for applicants to get their permits and understand the regulations. Johnny was a stickler for making sure a landfill was properly designed to meet all the Subtitle D requirements but especially the seismic design criteria to withstand the “big earthquake” that would rival the Charleston earthquake of 1886.
On the social side, he greatly enjoyed the camaraderie of all his colleagues in the solid waste industry. Johnny loved cooking, especially his Cajun hams and pralines. He also liked to share his homemade wines and mead with friends. In addition to his cooking and winemaking, nobody could hold a candle to the stories he would tell about things he did or jobs he held. Word is some were even true!!!
Johnny was a wonderful coworker who was loved by so many. He is and always will be greatly missed. Johnny saw his industry colleagues as family, and the feeling was quite mutual. In memory of Johnny and his contributions to the solid waste industry, the SC Palmetto Chapter of SWANA is offering a scholarship to one regulator for the 2025 Spring Conference.
Benefits:
Qualifying young professionals will each receive one free conference registration (A $295 Value!).
You will also receive reimbursement for your lodging up to $500 from May 14-16, 2025. This is a great opportunity for a regulator to network with other solid waste professionals. To find out more information about the 2025 Spring Conference, please go to the 2025 Spring Conference page here.
Eligibility Requirements:
How to Apply:
For those interested in this great opportunity, please email a brief one page letter to info@scswana.org or submit your form application by April 10, 2025: HERE
If you apply by letter, your letter should include the following information:
The recipient will be notified by April 12, 2025. You will receive a conference voucher. Lodging will be reimbursed on the last day of the conference if a signed CEU form is submitted indicating attendance at 75% of the conference sessions.
We look forward to your responses and having you join us at the 2025 Spring Conference. If you have
any questions or need any additional information please email us at info@scswana.org
SWANA NATIONAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
In order to prepare the next generation for the environmentally and economically sound practice of solid waste, SWANA has developed several scholarship and internship programs for students studying in fields related to solid waste management.
More details will be announced by National SWANA here in the coming months regarding deadlines and application links.
Full-time students who are entering or are in graduate school pursuing a degree in environmental science, engineering or other suitable major related to the field of solid waste management. Eligible candidates must be sons, daughters, grandsons or granddaughters of a SWANA Member (sponsor) in good standing as of May 1st or SWANA Student Members in good standing.
One award of $5,000
Named for a co-founder and owner of Gershman, Brickner, & Bratton, Inc., (GBB), this scholarship is awarded to full-time university students pursuing a degree in studies applicable to the field of solid waste or resource management and intending to seek employment in the industry.
Students from Northeastern University are particularly encouraged to apply, but all Category II scholarship applicants may also be considered for this prestigious award.
Category II: Currently enrolled full-time college or university students who are entering their junior or senior undergraduate year and pursuing a degree in environmental science, engineering, or other suitable major related to the field of solid waste management. To be eligible, candidates must be the children or grandchildren of a SWANA Member (sponsor) in good standing as of May 1st of the current calendar year or SWANA Student Members in good standing.
The new scholarship of $5,000 a year is funded by a generous donation from Harvey Gershman. SWANA will manage the scholarship as part of its annual Grant H. Flint International Scholarship program.
For more information, please contact SC SWANA's scholarship chair at: info@scswana.org