The Roofing Alliance, the philanthropic arm of the National Roofing Contractors Association, announced last week its 2024-25 Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarship Award recipients, including 11 new awardees and 12 renewed scholarships. 

The program offers three scholarship opportunities, and all categories are open to employees of roofing industry companies, their spouses and dependent children. It is also open to construction management students enrolled in undergraduate level or students enrolled in CTE programs or schools, regardless of industry affiliation. 

In a July 23 news release, the Roofing Alliance said it had approved 11 new Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarship recipients, including:

• Jack Armstrong, building science student, Auburn University    
• Cole Celano, building construction student, University of North Florida
• Phillip Hirte, construction management student, Dunwoody College of Technology    
• Kennedy Jones, construction management student, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 
• Hallie Lemmon, daughter of Chris Lemmon, Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal, West Virginia University     
• Gaabriel Lovass, construction management student, Dunwoody College of Technology    
• Mary Madalyn Massengale, building science student, Auburn University
• Madeline Meuwissen, construction project management student, Dunwoody College of Technology    
• Melina Risi, construction science and management student, Clemson University    
• Arjun Varadhan, building science student, Auburn University    
• Erin Williams, employed at Recovery Roofing Inc., University of North Florida    

In addition, the Roofing Alliance approved twelve renewal scholarships:

• Caylin Angel attending Washington & Jefferson College
• Cole Beyer attending University of Minnesota: Twin Cities
• Aidan Carpenter attending North Carolina State University
• Zackary Cekalla attending University of Minnesota: Duluth
• Cade Edwards attending Boyce College 
• Cecelia Krumholz attending University of Minnesota: Twin Cities
• Piper Lewis attending Boston College
• Brayden Morford attending Carnegie Mellon University
• Michael Nwaigbo attending University of Illinois at Chicago
• Alexis Petty attending Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Hannah Redding attending Penn State University Park
• Kennedy Stockton attending University of Arkansas at Little Rock

“A total of $43,000 was awarded for new scholarships with an additional $60,000 for renewal scholarships,” Alison L. LaValley, CAE, Roofing Alliance executive director, said.  “The Roofing Alliance leadership is very proud to be able to support the roofing industry with these scholarships.  To date a total of 166 students have received $1,178,000 in scholarship awards.”

Details for the 2025-26 Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarship program and the application guidelines will be available in early October.  

For more information, visit roofingalliance.net.