Winning awards at Clemson

From Clemson University comes news about Micah Jordan being named the Dr. Robert Testin Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award winner for Spring 2018 while Sarah Petro-Roy is the Clemson University Packaging World Outstanding Packaging Science Senior.

Pat Reynolds
Feb 26th, 2018

Micah is honored to be recognized for his accomplishments in Packaging Science. He finds it truly humbling and considers it a real honor to receive the Dr. Robert Testin Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award at Clemson University. He has thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the Packaging Science Program and he will graduate in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Science.

Also a senior at Clemson, Petro-Roy will graduate in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Packaging Science and an emphasis in Food and Health Care Packaging. She hopes to work as a Packaging Engineer in the cosmetics industry. Sarah enjoyed summer internships with CSM Bakery Solutions in Tucker, GA and Roche Molecular Systems in Branchburg, NJ.

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