From: Kim Cowherd <kim.c...@uky.edu>
Subject: Capital Area Extension Master Gardener College Scholarship
To: "Kim Cowherd" <kim.c...@uky.edu>
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 1:39 PM
FYI. If you know of any student that might be interested (note: they can already be in college or a grad student; must have permanent residence in one of the 5 counties). Feel free to share.
Thanks, Kim
Anderson, Boyle, Mercer, Franklin and Woodford County Extension- the Capital Area Extension Master Gardener Association is offering a college scholarship. See attached for more info. CAMG is made up of Master Gardeners that have trained or reside in these 5 counties.
If you could include this in newsletters and other means of communication to your counties, it would be appreciated. The CAMG is going to have a press release in each of your county’s newspapers also in February. They will also be contacting the high schools in your counties and also all the universities in the State.
Please share this information with anyone that you know of that might like to apply for this scholarship. If there are any questions, please contact the CAMG at the number below or their email: capitalareama...@gmail.com or on their website: http://sites.google.com/site/capitalareamastergardeners/
Thanks! Kim
The CAMG is taking applications for a $500 scholarship to be awarded to a student majoring in horticulture, plant pathology, landscape design, botany, forestry, entomology, environmental concerns, urban planning, land management, agronomy, or allied subjects. To be eligible to apply, your home county must be Anderson, Boyle, Franklin, Mercer, or Woodford; you must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident with permanent resident ID; enrolled as a full-time student in a KY university with an accredited program; have a minimum, cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale; and must a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student. The application is available at http://sites.google.com/site/capitalareamastergardeners or you may call 502-223-7346 for further information. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2012.
Kim Cowherd
County Extension Agent for Horticulture
Franklin County Cooperative Extension
101 Lakeview Court
Frankfort, KY 40601
phone: 502-695-9035 fax: 502-695-9309
http://ces.ca.uky.edu/franklin