Louisiana-based AFS Logistics awards new scholarship to native highschool graduate
SHREVEPORT, La. (June 20, 2023) – AFS Logistics, a number one third-party logistics (3PL) supplier, proclaims latest Castor Excessive Faculty graduate Kaylyn Lengthy as the primary recipient of its new Profession Accelerator Scholarship. This system supplies monetary help, profession expertise and mentorship to college students in northwest Louisiana aspiring to a profession in logistics or a business-related area.
The valedictorian of her class and a star on her faculty’s basketball group, Lengthy begins with AFS this month and can take her skills to Northwestern State College within the fall with the intention of majoring in enterprise administration. Lengthy will study the business from skilled professionals by a full-time entry-level place with AFS and her tuition, ebook and lab bills for 2 programs per semester can be coated by the corporate.
“I’m drawn to the alternatives and challenges that the logistics business affords, and to the important position it performs in enterprise and the worldwide financial system,” says Lengthy. “In my research and extracurricular actions, I’ve labored to develop diligence and willpower that I hope will serve me nicely at AFS.”
Lengthy will present shoppers with transportation help as an account coordinator, responding to inquiries and collaborating with AFS teammates to research points and ship helpful options. On this position, she can be empowered to construct a robust basis of logistics and enterprise data whereas being mentored by confirmed specialists and immersed in an award-winning office tradition and 3PL. Kristy Krivjansky, Vice President and Basic Supervisor of Freight Audit and Fee, will function Kaylyn’s profession mentor and Amanda Williams, Account Supervisor, will function her tutorial mentor.
“Kaylyn is a brilliant and assertive younger lady who has excessive requirements, is keen to work exhausting and go the additional mile to attain success in her profession,” says Sharmen Pennington, Vice President, Human Assets, AFS. “We’re invested in her future and in taking an energetic position in bringing consciousness to the alternatives that logistics can supply to domesticate the subsequent technology of leaders, like Kaylyn.”
The AFS Profession Accelerator Scholarship Program is an annual alternative open to graduating Louisiana highschool college students pursuing a level in logistics or different business-related research at a state faculty in northwest Louisiana. Purposes for the 2024 scholarship can be accepted starting early 2024. To study extra or apply, e-mail scholarship@afs.web.
About AFS Logistics
AFS Logistics helps greater than 1,800 firms throughout greater than 35 nations drive sustained financial savings and operational enhancements, whereas turning their logistics operations into aggressive, customer-centric differentiators. As a non-asset primarily based and non-asset biased 3PL, AFS supplies a variety of logistics companies, that includes freight and parcel audit, parcel value administration, LTL value administration and transportation administration, which incorporates freight brokerage and freight forwarding. Based in 1982 and using a group of greater than 380 logistics teammates in eight main areas throughout the U.S. and Canada, AFS is commonly a part of the Inc. 5000 record of quickest rising firms. To study extra, go to www.afs.web.
