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Contact: Heather Finney Phone: (800) 395-2522 E-mail: Heather Finney For Immediate Release PLANET AEF SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED AT STUDENT CAREER DAYS HERNDON, Va., April 7, 2009 — The PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) presented 64 scholarships, totaling almost $70,000, to students at the Professional Landcare Network’s (PLANET’s) 33rd annual Student Career Days event at Cal Poly Pomona, in Pomona, California. Each year, PLANET AEF presents scholarships to students enrolled in landscape/horticulture programs at two-year and four-year universities and colleges across the country. These schools must have a PLANET-accredited landscape contracting curriculum, be a PLANET student chapter member, or participate in PLANET Student Career Days. Committed to the advancement of landscape professionalism, PLANET AEF was created to help the future leaders of this 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. The PLANET AEF Board is proud to announce the following 2009 scholarship recipients: President’s Scholarship ($2,500) Eric Ball, Brigham Young University–Idaho Platinum Ambassador Scholarships Damgaard Family Landscape Contracting Scholarship ($2,500) Elizabeth Spedaliere, Dakota County Technical College Scott Byron & Co. Scholarship ($1,500) Kayla Shea Childers, University of Florida Ambassador Scholarships ($1,000 each) PLANET AEF Endowed Scholarship Jacquelyne Nielson, Brigham Young University–Idaho Akerman Family Scholarship Tamara Grigg, Illinois Central College The Theodore W. Brickman Jr. Scholarship Nicole Charette, Shasta College The Bruce Company Scholarship Andrew Schaefer, Oregon State University Chapel Valley Landscape Co. – The Reeve Family Scholarship Ken Beasley, Hinds Community College CoCal Landscape Scholarship James Moylan, Michigan State University The Davey Tree Expert Co., Commercial Grounds Management Division Scholarship Jennifer Burns, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign David J. Frank Landscape Contracting Career Builder Scholarship Rebecca Stansbery, Hawkeye Community College Gachina Landscape Management, The Gachina Family Scholarship Kristie Malecha, Dakota County Technical College The Parley Glover Memorial Scholarship Eric Bradshaw, Brigham Young University–Provo The Glowacki Family Scholarship Nanci Fioravanti, County College of Morris Gravely Landscape Maintenance Scholarship Steven Cooper, Hinds Community College GroundMasters, Inc., Scholarship Robert Emmitt III, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Debra Holder and Family Scholarship Daniel Delgado Jr., Cal Poly Pomona Hunt Family Scholarship Kyle Gingerich, Parkland College Hunter Industries Scholarship Kendall Hutchings, Brigham Young University–Provo Husqvarna Forest and Garden Scholarship Brian Baker, Brigham Young University–Provo Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction Scholarship Judy-Lynn Hoppe, North Metro Technical College John Deere Green Industry Scholarship Stacia Payne, Alamance Community College Ron and Sally Kujawa Scholarship Christopher Olson, Milwaukee Area Technical College Tom and Carol Lied Scholarship C. Seth Reed, Brigham Young University–Idaho Shirley B. Mangum Scholarship Shane Huff, Mississippi State University Vito Mariani, Sr. Scholarship Brandon Rowbury, Brigham Young University–Idaho The James Martin Associates/Martin Family Scholarship Jarett Crump, Parkland College R.P. Marzilli and Company Scholarship Meghan McPhee, University of Maine The Marjorie and B. E. Minor Scholarship Blake Draper, Kansas State University Moore Landscape Scholarship Michael Salazar, Kansas State University Bill and Mary Murdy Scholarship Whitney Checketts, Brigham Young University–Provo OneSource Landscape and Golf Scholarship Christopher Miller, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater The Richard J. Ott Family Scholarship Jessica Hartley, University of Tennessee STIHL Landscape Contracting Scholarship Gregory Steele, Cal Poly Pomona Toro/Exmark Scholarship Crystal Morter, The Ohio State University TruGreen Companies Scholarship Catherine Zimmer, Brigham Young University–Idaho ILT Vignocchi Scholarship Heidi Moss, Colorado State University PLANET AEF Scholarships ($1,000 each) Annette Adair, Brigham Young University–Provo Amelia Anderson, Brigham Young University–Provo Kynaston Butchart, Brigham Young University–Idaho Kristin Cornwell, University of Florida Martha Delancy, Hinds Community College Lindsay Diewald, The Ohio State University Amy Eddings, Alamance Community College Cohan Fish, Brigham Young University–Provo Adam Hall, Brigham Young University–Provo Christopher Holthouser, Colorado State University Linnette Kanitz, Michigan State University Peter Lewis, Oklahoma State University–Oklahoma City Starlene Link, Columbus State Community College Jennifer Lougee, Brigham Young University–Provo Megan Miller, Colorado State University David Newsom, Mississippi State University Kimberly Oellerich, Penn State University Whitney Parks, University of Tennessee Zoey Phoenix, North Metro Technical College Jason Reibold, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Matthew Rietschlin, The Ohio State University Lloyd Snapp, Brigham Young University–Idaho Timothy Stevenson, Brigham Young University–Idaho Samuel Thorley, Brigham Young University–Provo Student Career Days Superstars 1st Place — $1,500 Seth Reed, Brigham Young University — Idaho 2nd Place — $1,000 Ben Roney, Alamance Community College 3rd Place — $500 Dawn Strickland, University of Georgia For additional information about the PLANET AEF scholarship process, visit the PLANET AEF section of PLANET’s Web site, call (800) 395-2522, or e-mail Kristen Nolton. PLANET is the association of members who create and maintain the QUALITY OF LIFE in communities across America. With more than 4,000 member companies and affiliates, these firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals. |
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