HRI Announces 2012 Scholarship Recipients
The 2012 Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarships, each in the sum of $2,000, were awarded to Leah Comerci and Stephanie Marino.
Established in 2002, the Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship serves to memorialize Akehurst, who was one of the founders of the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show Inc., and to support the future success of the horticulture industry through education.
The 2012 Spring Meadow Nursery Scholarship of $2,000 was awarded to Allison Jones, a graduate student at Michigan State University. Jones graduated from the university with a Bachelor of Science degree in horticulture, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in horticulture with a focus on horticulture marketing.
The Spring Meadow Scholarship Fund was created in 1999 to help aspiring students from across the country obtain a degree in horticulture.
The 2012 Timothy S. and Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Scholarship of $3,000 went to Renee LaGue, a graduate student at the Conway School of Landscape Design. LaGue is pursuing a Master of Science degree in sustainable landscape design.
The 2012 Muggest Scholarship of $2,500 was awarded to Justin Menke, a senior at the University of Kentucky majoring in landscape architecture.
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