We are Looking for the Next GPN/Nexus Intern of the Year
Do you know any undergraduate students that were able to participate in an industry internship program in 2020? If you do, we want to hear from him or her for the 2021 GPN/Nexus Intern of the Year Scholarship.
This is the 22nd year that we have awarded the GPN/Nexus Intern
- A check for $3,000;
- Being featured in an article and on the cover of the January 2021 issue of GPN;
- Receiving travel and hotel expenses to Cultivate’21 in Columbus, Ohio, next July as well as a full Cultivate’21 registration (compliments of AmericanHort).
To be considered for the scholarship, the student must:
- Be enrolled in a four-year accredited university during 2019-2020 and 2020-2021;
- Be working on an undergraduate degree in horticulture/floriculture; and
- Have completed a greenhouse-related internship in 2020.
To apply for the GPN/Nexus Intern of the Year Scholarship, the student needs to:
- Write a cover letter requesting consideration for the scholarship and state what university he/she attends;
- Secure a letter of recommendation on university letterhead from the applicant’s academic advisor; and
- Write a minimum 1,000-word essay describing the internship experience including where the applicant interned, what his/her responsibilities were and what was learned during the internship.
All application materials should be sent to thodson@greatamericanpublish.com.
The deadline to apply is Oct. 16, 2020.
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