Annual 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship RecipientsAbout The 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship:
Click Here to read the full press release from AFE and to see the full list of scholarship Recipients. Chelsea Flood - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Nutrition, Agriculture Education 澳门十大正规网赌网址 2023 Scholarship - $4,250 Click Here to read the full press release from AFE and to see the full list of scholarship Recipients. Kiara Benavides, Agriculture Science Major is the fourth recipient of the 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship - 2021 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship — $6,400 Recipient: Kiara Benavides, California Polytechnic State University Click Here to read the full press release from AFE and to see the full list of scholarship Recipients. Nichole Davidson, of City College of San Francisco Student Is The Third Recipient of the 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship - 2020 Nichole Davidson, (pictured left)a senior at City College of San Francisco, has been selected to receive the third annual 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded every year to an undergraduate student who demonstrates a commitment to working in the floriculture industry. Nichole Davidson, expects to graduate in December, with an associate degree in Nursery and Garden-Center Operation and Commercial Cut Flower and Greenhouse Production. Following graduation, Davidson will seek a career in greenhouse and nursery management. For the past two summers, Davidson has interned in Italy at Cascina Borgofrancone in Colico, and at Villa Boccanegra in Ventimiglia. She has served as a lab aide at the City College of San Francisco for three years. “My next step in education is to find and attend graduate school for ethnobotany. I am also writing a book on the edible and medicinal plants of the bay area and where to find them and how to grow them,” said Davidson. She plans for this to be the first of a series featuring various travel destinations. Click here to see all of the AFE scholarship award winners. Helene Dondero, Agricultural Science Major, Is The Second Recipient of the 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship - 2019 Helene Dondero, a senior at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), has been selected to receive the second annual 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded every year to an undergraduate student who demonstrates a commitment to working in the floriculture industry. Dondero is a senior at Cal Poly majoring in agricultural science with an emphasis in ornamental horticulture and a minor in agricultural business. She grew up in the floral industry, working in her family’s business, Fiore Floral and Gifts, and participating in and leading numerous student and industry organizations at Cal Poly and with Future Farmers of America (FFA). She plans to return Cal Poly to complete a master’s degree in agricultural science after she graduates in the spring of 2020. “My goal is to be an agricultural science teacher and FFA Advisor. I will be able to share my general knowledge of agriculture with my students, and the knowledge I’ve gained from my hands-on experience working in floral, wholesale, and growing operations,” said Dondero. “I feel that from this hands-on experience – and relationships I have built in the industry – I have a greater understanding of the vastness of the horticulture industry, and I look forward to sharing that with my students.” Roamie Thatcher, Horticulture Major Is First Recipient of New 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship - 2018 A City College of San Francisco student has been selected to receive the first annual 澳门十大正规网赌网址 Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded every year to an undergraduate student who demonstrates a commitment to working in the floriculture industry. Roamie Thatcher, a San Francisco Botanical Gardens volunteer, private gardener, and community gardener, is the first to be awarded the $2000 scholarship. “I have been gardening since I was seven years old, when I planted a fairy garden in my backyard. Next came raised beds and a community garden, and now I’m taking horticulture classes at City College of San Francisco and volunteering at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens,” said Roamie. When asked about her future plans, Roamie replied, “I would like one day to own my own wholesale plant nursery that specializes in ancient and medicinal plants.” About American Floral Endowment (AFE) |