AFE Awards Scholarships

The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has awarded 15 students with scholarships totaling $42,300. Seventy-four applications were received for this 2019 scholarship cycle.

“We had many outstanding students apply for scholarships this year, which is why some scholarships were awarded to two recipients,” said Greg Royer, AFE Education Committee Chair.

“I’m excited to see the high quality of students each year and the AFE Board is pleased that AFE is able to award financial assistance to these well-deserved students to help them continue their education and become passionate industry leaders.”

AFE awards scholarships annually and applications are due by May 1 of each year.

Scholarship descriptions are available at endowment.org/scholarships.

The scholarship recipients are:

• American Florists’ Exchange Scholarship — $2,400 Vocational (Bettinger, Holden and Perry) Scholarship – $1,500 Recipient: Armando DeLoera – City College of San Francisco
• Julio and Sarah Armellini Scholarship — $2,200 Recipient: Abigail Keairns – Murray State University
• Ball Horticultural Company Scholarship — $1,100 Edward Tuinier Memorial Scholarship — $4,600 Recipient: Caleb Spall, Michigan State University
• Harold Bettinger Scholarship — $2,000 Recipient: Rhiannon Newton, West Virginia University
• BioWorks IPM/Sustainable Practices Scholarship — $1,200 Recipient: Sage Drohan, Orange Coast College
• James Bridenbaugh Memorial Scholarship — $500 Mike and Flo Novovesky Scholarship — $2,700 Recipient: Alexis Ramstine, Colorado State University
• CalFlowers Scholarship — $5,800 Recipient: Helene Dondero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• John Carew Memorial Scholarship — $2,000 Recipient: Mary Lewis, University of Georgia
• Earl Dedman Memorial Scholarship — $2,000 National Greenhouse Manufacturers Association (NGMA) Scholarship — $500 Recipient: Gergely Motolai, Kansas State University
• Long Island Flower Growers Association (LIFGA) Scholarship — $1,400 Long Island Flower Growers Association Bob Gunther Scholarship – $1,000 Recipient: Cassandra Castano, Farmingdale State College
• Richard T. Meister Scholarship — $4,000 Recipient: Emily Teng, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Lawrence “Bud” Ohlman Memorial Scholarship — $2,500 Recipient: Krishna Bhattarai, University of Florida
• Seed Companies Scholarship — $2,500 Recipient: Erin Pfarr, Rutgers University
• John L. Tomasovic Sr. Scholarship — $1,200 Recipient: Keslie Robbins, Mississippi State University
• Jacob and Rita Van Namen Marketing Scholarship — $1,200 Recipient: Kelly Pohlman, University of Kentucky