<p style="text-align: left"><span data-contrast="auto"><img class="alignnone wp-image-9248" src="https://ondemand.tappi.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SS_RecordingMontage.png" alt="" width="989" height="279" /> This episode was recorded on-site at TAPPI's </span><a href="https://events.tappi.org/event/studentsummit/home"><span data-contrast="none">2026 Student Summit</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> in Birmingham, AL. More than 200 students, plus scores of other attendees, enjoyed panel discussions, a Career Fair, an Engineering Challenge, and so much more. Pulp and paper engineering students came from more than15 leading paper, packaging, engineering, and technical programs to participate in a program focused on "Charting Tomorrow."</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p> <span data-ccp-props="{"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">We asked students to "take the mic" to let listeners know what matters to them. As always, they responded with humor, candor, and their own unique insights. This episode includes student commentary from five TAPPI Student Chapter schools:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Georgia Institute of Technology </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Western Michigan University</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Auburn University</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">University of Wisconsin Stevens Point</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">North Carolina State University</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li> </ul> <b><span data-contrast="auto">Useful links:</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.instructables.com/Truffula-Trees/"><span data-contrast="none">How to Craft Tissue Paper Truffula Trees</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><a href="https://imisrise.tappi.org/TAPPI/Products/02/SMO/0202SMOOK4.aspx"><span data-contrast="none">Latest edition of </span><i><span data-contrast="none">Handbook For Pulp and Paper Technologists </span></i><span data-contrast="none">(The SMOOK Book)</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">TAPPI-sponsored </span><a href="https://www.tappi.org/education/college-and-university-programs/scholarship-overview/"><span data-contrast="none">Scholarships for Industry Students </span></a></li> </ul> <span data-contrast="auto">I'm sure you'll enjoy our student hosts for this energetic episode of </span><i><span data-contrast="auto">Better Together</span></i><span data-contrast="auto">!  Don't forget to </span><b><span data-contrast="auto">share this episode</span></b><span data-contrast="auto"> to spread the word about opportunities in pulp and paper—and </span><b><span data-contrast="auto">subscribe</span></b><span data-contrast="auto"> to TAPPI's Better Together podcast channel so you won'tmiss future episodes of </span><i><span data-contrast="auto">Better Together: TAPPI's Live Event Podcast</span></i><span data-contrast="auto"> and </span><i><span data-contrast="auto">Uptime: A Paper and Packaging Podcast</span></i><span data-contrast="auto">. Thanks for listening!</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span>