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Three students in Supply Chain Management at the Harbert College of Business were recently awarded $5,500 in scholarship grants via corporate industry partners.

Reid Hightower, a senior, was presented $2,500 by the Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. (MHEFI) as its Southworth International Group Honor Student. Aahil Makhani, also a senior, was awarded $2,000 by the MHEFI as a Loading Dock Equipment Manufacturing Honor Scholar. Mary Grace Boatright, a junior, was presented with $1,000 by the Remanufacturing Industries Council.

Hightower, who volunteers as an academic tutor, is building his professional portfolio this summer as a Global Service Parts Intern at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International.

Makhani, who is actively involved in AU Academic Support and the university’s First Year Experience, is looking forward to interning this summer at the Target Distribution Center in Savannah, Georgia.

Boatright, a Tuscaloosa native, believes supply chain management is so interesting because it is “constantly changing.”

“Before this current pandemic supply chain wasn’t a common term in people’s vocabulary, but little did people know supply chains have always been the reasons that their shelves are full and they are able to get products delivered in a timely manner,” she said. “There is never a moment when you can’t try to make something better and declaring a supply chain major allows you to gain the tools for success when it comes to making things more effective and efficient.”