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Corporate Hands | JPS powers up future STEM leaders through scholarship awards

Published:Friday | August 1, 2025 | 9:42 AM
JPS VOLTS PEP Scholars (front row, from left) Blake Wilson, Adrianna Willie, and Samuel Ridgard proudly display their commemorative gift boxes alongside JPS executives at the foundation’s annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony, held on Thursday, July 24, at
JPS VOLTS PEP Scholars (front row, from left) Blake Wilson, Adrianna Willie, and Samuel Ridgard proudly display their commemorative gift boxes alongside JPS executives at the foundation’s annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony, held on Thursday, July 24, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The three students were recognised as the top-performing PEP scholars from each county and awarded $60,000 scholarships through the company’s employee-funded VOLTS programme. In total, 33 scholarship recipients were honoured this year as part of the JPS Foundation’s continued investment in STEM education through its Power Up Scholarship Programme.