AFE Awards Scholarships for 2017
The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has awarded 20 students with scholarships totaling $36,500. Sixty applications were received for the 2017 scholarship cycle.
“We had many outstanding students apply for scholarships this year, which is why some scholarships were awarded to two recipients,” said Dwight Larimer, AFE Chairman and Education Committee Chair.
AFE awards scholarships annually, and applications are due by May 1 of each year. Scholarship descriptions are available at http://endowment.org/scholarships.
Scholarships and recipients are listed below.
American Florists’ Exchange Scholarship — $2,200
Recipient: Summer Blanco, California State Polytechnic University – Pomona
Julio and Sarah Armellini Scholarship — $2,100
Recipient: Noah Boulds, Murray State University
Ball Horticultural Company Scholarship — $1,000
Recipient: Melissa Eggleston, Michigan State University
Harold Bettinger Scholarship — $1,900
Recipient: Melinda Knuth, Texas A&M University
BioWorks IPM/Sustainable Practices Scholarship — $1,200 ($600 split between two students)
Recipients: Emily Perry, University of Massachusetts – Amherst and Benjamin Meeks, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
James Bridenbaugh Memorial Scholarship — $400
Recipient: Katelyn Stoops, University of Missouri
John Carew Memorial Scholarship — $1,900
Recipient: Emily Teng, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Carlson-Johnson Scholarship for Nontraditional Students — $1,100
Recipient: Brittany Farmer, College of Southern Nevada
Earl Dedman Memorial Scholarship — $1,900
Recipient: Ruqayah Bhuiyan, University of Georgia
Long Island Flower Growers Association (LIFGA) Scholarship — $1,300
Recipient: Sean Halliwell, Farmingdale State College
Richard T. Meister Scholarship — $3,900
Recipient: Nathan Nordstedt, The Ohio State University
National Greenhouse Manufacturers Association (NGMA) Scholarship — $500
Recipient: Jean Yost, University of Georgia
Mike and Flo Novovesky Scholarship — $2,500
Recipient: Sophia McCusker, North Carolina State University
Lawrence “Bud” Ohlman Memorial Scholarship — $1,000
Recipient: Krishna Bhattarai, University of Florida
James K. Rathmell, Jr. Memorial Scholarship for Horticultural Work/Study Abroad — $3,300
Recipient: Paul Bartley, North Carolina State University
Seed Companies Scholarship — $2,300
Recipient: Drew Groezinger, Highland Community College
John L. Tomasovic Sr. Scholarship — $1,000
Recipient: Emily Currens, University of Georgia
Edward Tuinier Memorial Scholarship — $4,400 ($2,200 split between two students)
Recipients: Melissa Eggleston and Anthony Soster, Michigan State Universit
Jacob and Rita Van Namen Marketing Scholarship — $1,100
Recipient: Megan Haresnape, Kansas State University
Vocational (Bettinger, Holden and Perry) Scholarship – $1,500
Recipient: Drew Groezinger, Highland Community College
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