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Employee Scholarships to Kent State University
For over a century, Davey Tree has helped educate the arboriculture workforce. In 2009, we partnered with Kent State University
to build on our legacy of shaping some of the industry's most promising employees through a two-year associate degree program
in environmental management.
Designed to be completed online, the program offers employees the ability to further their education while employed full-time at
Davey Tree. Employees can earn credits by taking company-offered extension programs, including attending the month-long D.I.T.S.
trainings. In addition, students take a mix of business, psychology, sociology and other college courses.
This year, we introduced a new company scholarship for employees interested in the program. The Davey Foundation will pay 80
percent of the tuition cost each time an employee registers and is accepted into Kent State's online program. Employees who
continue working for Davey Tree for two years after graduation qualify to receive the additional 20 percent of tuition reimbursement
from the Foundation. The degree can also be applied toward Kent State's bachelor's degree program in technical and applied studies.
" Davey's legacy of educating the arboriculture workforce dates back over a century, and the fact it continues today shows our
commitment to help shape the industry's best and brightest."
RJ LAVERNE, MANAGER OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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