The Grainger Foundation
has filled a void in scholarships
for fire science academic
majors with a generous
donation.
The foundation donated
$11,000 toward the fire and
science academic majors. The
donation totals “five scholarships
for $2,200 each, one
each for five of our fire science
and emergency management
programs,” said John
Petito, assistant academic
dean of the department of
Behavior and Social Sciences.
Two of the programs are AA
degrees transferable to other
institutions; the remaining
three programs are certificate
programs.
The headquarters of
Grainger are located in
Atlanta, Ga., where they allocate
funds toward the store
branches to donate toward
the community. In this case
the Grainger store in
Warminster made the donation.
Grainger is heavily
involved with emergency
response in Bucks County
and, “Bucks did not have any
scholarships for the fire science
and emergency management
programs. Grainger
came through and filled the
void,” said Tobi Bruhn, executive
director of the Bucks
foundation.
Grainger has been a vendor
for Bucks since 1965 for small
construction supplies to large
construction materials. This is
Grainger’s first scholarship
donation.
The scholarships are
designed to cover the costs of
tuition and books. The programs
are to prepare students
with leadership qualities and
provide local communities
with critical public service
duties. Bucks is among the
top five accredited organizations
in the U.S. in the number
of certification programs
the school offers for fire science
and emergency management,
as well as in the number
of certification programs
offered to emergency responders.
The scholarship is intended
for students who are currently
involved in one of the five
programs that are in the fire
science and safety program.
The five programs in the fire
science are the Emergency
Management and Public
Safety Transfer program, the
Emergency Management and
Public Safety certificate program,
the Fire Investigation
certificate program, the Fire
Science certificate program
and the Fire Science transfer
program.
Students should have a 2.0
GPA, be currently enrolled in
six credits for this semester
and have completed six credits
in their area of study.
Grainger first moved outside
of its Chicago headquarters
in 1933 when the company
moved outside of
Philadelphia. The
Warminster branch has been
providing services for local
businesses since 1988.
Students can apply for the
scholarship through
bucks.edu/foundation or can
stop into the Financial Aid
office, located in the Hub.
Students can also go to the
Social Behavior office and ask
for information about the
scholarship. The Social
Science office is located in
Penn Hall room 301.
You can also contact the
Social Science office at (215)
968-8270.