PLANET AEF SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED AT 35TH ANNUAL STUDENT CAREER DAYS
The Professional Landcare Network Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) presented $80,000 in scholarships and awards to students at the PLANET 35th annual Student Career Days event held March 17-20, 2011, at Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois.
Committed to the advancement of landscape professionalism, PLANET AEF was created to help green industry students, the potential future leaders of the industry, fund their education. These leaders of tomorrow will define the standards of professionalism and use their education to meet the challenges of the future.Seventy scholarships were distributed at a special reception, sponsored by STIHL Inc., and held at the start of the event on March 17, 2011.
The PLANET AEF Board of Directors is proud to announce the following 2011 scholarship recipients:
President's Scholarship ($2,500)
Micah Wood, Brigham Young University - Idaho
Platinum Ambassador Scholarships ($2,500 each)
Damgaard Family Landscape Contracting Scholarship
Dallas Gustafson, Colorado State University
JOHN DEERE Green Industry Scholarship
Valerie Kupczak-Rios, Milwaukee Area Technical College
Scott Byron & Co. Scholarship
Matthew Rietschlin, The Ohio State University
Ambassador Scholarships ($1,000 each)
Akerman Family Scholarship
Michelle Jernigan, Ozarks Technical Community College
The Theodore W. Brickman, Jr. Scholarship
Lauren Robinson, Sam Houston State University
The Bruce Company Scholarship
Earnest Thacker, Auburn University
Chapel Valley Landscape Co. - The Reeve Family Scholarship
Scott Carbone, University of Maryland
CoCal Landscape Scholarship
Brenda Landhuis, Michigan State University
The Davey Tree Expert Company, Commercial Grounds Management Division Scholarship
Jessica Briscoe, Brigham Young University - Provo
Dennis' Seven Dees Landscaping, Inc. Scholarship
Bethany Hansen, Brigham Young University - Provo
David J. Frank Landscape Contracting Career Builder Scholarship
Joel Balentyne, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gachina Landscape Management, The Gachina Family Scholarship
Brian Watters, Chattahoochee Technical College
The Parley Glover Memorial Scholarship
Trenton Spratling, Brigham Young University - Provo
The Glowacki Family Scholarship
Nathan Bynum, Hinds Community College
Gravely Landscape Maintenance Scholarship
James Wyble, Penn State University
GroundMasters, Inc. Scholarship
Donald Bischof, Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
HighGrove Partners Scholarship
Brad Allison, Mississippi State University
Debra Holder and Family Scholarship
Jacqueline Grow, Michigan State University
Hunt Family Scholarship
Timothy McAlister, Michigan State University
Hunter Industries Scholarship
Sara Judd Downing, Illinois Central College
Husqvarna Forest and Garden Scholarship
Jennifer McElroy, Joliet Junior College
Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction Scholarship
Adam Wild, State University of New York - Cobleskill
Ron and Sally Kujawa Scholarship
Deborah Flanders, Dakota County Technical College
Tom and Carol Lied Scholarship
Andrea Hansen, Brigham Young University - Idaho
Shirley B. Mangum Scholarship
Emily Tinalli, Farmingdale State College
Vito Mariani, Sr. Scholarship
Joshua Peede, Sandhills Community College
The James Martin Associates/Martin Family Scholarship
Kyle Gingerich, Southern Illinois University
R.P. Marzilli and Company Scholarship
Royal Healy, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
The Marjorie and B. E. Minor Scholarship
Brooke Schultz, Kansas State University
Moore Landscape Scholarship
Jing Zhang, Cuyahoga Community College
Bill and Mary Murdy Scholarship
Jeffrey Hillman, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
OneSource Landscape and Golf Scholarship
Joseph Juricic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Richard J. Ott Family Scholarship
Kyle Worthy, Clemson University
PLANET AEF Endowed Scholarship
Vallie Pond, Brigham Young University - Idaho
STIHL Landscape Contracting Scholarship
Nicole Imber, Owens Community College
Toro/Exmark Scholarship
Lanae Ricks, Brigham Young University - Idaho
TruGreen Companies Scholarship
Cheryl Gress, Chattahoochee Technical College
ILT Vignocchi Scholarship
Juan Franco Coronado, West Virginia University
PLANET AEF Scholarships ($1,000 each)
Tyler Alexander, Iowa State University
Joslyn Amato, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
Lacey Balser, Brigham Young University - Provo
Lisa Denison, Chattahoochee Technical College
Cohan Fish, Brigham Young University - Provo
Jennifer Frodsham, Brigham Young University - Provo
Scott Getz, Southern Illinois University
Grant Hardy, Brigham Young University - Provo
Philip Hatfield, The Ohio State University
Judy-Lynn Hoppe, Chattahoochee Technical College
Alan Humble, Chattahoochee Technical College
Benjamin Johnson, Brigham Young University - Idaho
Humzah Khraim, Chattahoochee Technical College
Starlene Link, The Ohio State University
Patty Panek, Joliet Junior College
Corey Pangborn, The Ohio State University
Sarah Peterson, Dakota County Technical College
Anita Phillips, Chattahoochee Technical College
Kevin Porter, Chattahoochee Technical College
Donna Reincke, Joliet Junior College
Matthias Rich, Brigham Young University - Idaho
Richard Rudiger, University of Maryland
Annie Sanders, Chattahoochee Technical College
Misti Schaefer, Hinds Community College
Luke Serbina, The Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture
Adam Sink, Brigham Young University - Idaho
Kyle Steadman, Brigham Young University - Idaho
Cassie Templeton, Chattahoochee Technical College
Jerrilyn Uelen, County College of Morris
Jaclyn Van Der Heyden, The Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture
Gregg Wertz, Kansas State University
The PLANET AEF also awarded the top three winning students, known as Superstars, a total of $3,000 at the Closing Ceremonies on March 20, 2011.
1st Place — $1,500 Kevin Whitaker, University of Georgia
2nd Place — $1,000 Alex Casillas, Cal Poly - Pomona
3rd Place — $500 Dallas Gustafson, Colorado State University
Byron John, faculty advisor from Brigham Young University – Idaho, was also awarded $1,000 as the 2011 PLANET AEF Outstanding Educator of the Year.
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