RIDGELAND, Miss. (News release) -- Molpus has expanded the Molpus Woodlands Group Annual Scholarship Program to help bring further diversity to the forestry management profession. Through a partnership with five new universities, the expansion is increasing Molpus's program to ten universities located throughout the timber growing regions of the U.S.

Five new scholarships are being awarded through this expansion. These scholarships will be available to students in accounting and forestry. The five new universities partnering with Molpus are Auburn University (forestry), Louisiana State University (accounting), Michigan Technical University (forestry), Stephen F. Austin State University (forestry), and the University of Idaho (forestry).

These scholarships are in addition to seven other scholarships being awarded at five universities in forestry, GIS, paralegal studies, and business. Those partnering universities are Mississippi State University (forestry and GIS), the University of Southern Mississippi (GIS and paralegal), Jackson State University (business), the University of Kentucky (forestry), and the University of Georgia (forestry).

"These scholarships are designed to help build diversity in the next generation of professionals within our company and the entire forestry sector," said Terrell Winstead, President & CEO of Molpus. "We have a rich heritage of helping lead our industry in the ever-evolving world of sustainable timberland management. We believe that adding these five new quality universities reflects our continued commitment to positively shaping our industry's bright future."