The Selected Educational Trust Board of Trustees is proud to announce the recipients of the Selected Educational Trust 2022 Spring Cycle Second-Career Scholarship Program. Scholarships awarded this cycle included two sponsored by Gunderson Funeral Home, the Mark L. Justen Memorial Scholarship and the Michael R. St. Pierre Memorial Scholarship. Selected member firm Flanner Buchanan stepped up to add a fifth opportunity. Said Tony Lloyd, president and COO of Buchanan Group Inc.: “As a founding member of Selected, we have a great interest in the support of independent funeral homes and the ever-growing staffing needs of the profession. Providing a second-career scholarship is fitting support for this mutual need.” Scholarship recipients are:

• Nia Collins, Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science

• Luke Foreman, Dallas Institute of Funeral Service; awarded the Michael R. St. Pierre Memorial Scholarship

• Kami Gremillion, Cypress College

• Courtney Richards, American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service

• Christopher Wagner, American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service; awarded the Mark L. Justen Memorial Scholarship.

Since 2010, when this program was launched, Selected Educational Trust has awarded 53 scholarships totaling more than $75,000 in tuition scholarships awarded to students pursuing the mortuary sciences as a second career.

Applications are open for the fall 2022 scholarship cycle and are due October 31. Visit selectedtrust.org/second-career-scholarship for more information or contact info@selectedtrust.org.