Anna Farre and Kristoffer Palmlund have been awarded the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA)/Scotts Company Scholarships.
Administered by The Environmental Institute for Golf, The Scotts Company Scholars Program offers education and employment opportunities to students interested in careers in the green industry. The program offers those students the opportunity to learn more about the green industry within the learning environment of a summer internship, while also competing for a collegiate scholarship. One of the primary goals of the program is to seek out promising students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This includes women, minorities and individuals with disabilities.
Five finalists were selected from all applications and received a $500 award as a means to supplement their summer internship income. The five finalists were responsible for securing their own internships. Upon completion of the internship, the five finalists then competed for two $2,500 scholarships. The scholarships were awarded to Farre and Palmlund based on the students’ original application and an evaluation by their internship supervisor as well as a self-evaluation of their internship performance.
A Barcelona, Spain native, Farre is in the two-year Golf Turfgrass Management program at Michigan State University. She has already earned both a bachelors and a masters degree in Agricultural Engineering and her summer internship was at Meadowbrook Country Club in Northville, Mich., working for GCSAA Class A Golf Course Superintendent, Mike Edgerton. Palmlund, who hails from Gothenburg, Sweden, is studying Golf Course Turfgrass Management at Penn State University. He completed an internship for Torrekulla Golf Course in Gothenburg under GCSAA certified golf course superintendent Martin Sternberg. Both Farre and Palmlund will also receive an all-expense paid trip to the GCSAA Education Conference and Golf Industry Show in Anaheim, Calif., this February.
Celebrating its 80th anniversary, GCSAA is a leading golf organization, which has as its focus golf course management. Since 1926, GCSAA has been the top professional association for the men and women who manage golf courses in the United States and worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., the association provides education, information and representation to more than 21,000 members in more than 72 countries. GCSAA’s mission is to serve its members, advance their profession and enhance the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf. Visit GCSAA at www.gcsaa.org.
The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization of the GCSAA, is a collaborative effort of the environmental and golf communities, dedicated to strengthening the compatibility of golf with the natural environment. The Institute concentrates on delivering programs and services involving research, education and outreach that communicate the best management practices of environmental stewardship on the golf course. For more on The Institute, visit www.eifg.org.
With more than $2.3 billion in worldwide sales and more than 6,000 associates, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Scotts Company LLC, is the world’s largest marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care, with products for professional horticulture as well. The Company’s brands are the most recognized in the industry. In the U.S., the Company’s Scotts(R), Miracle-Gro(R) and Ortho(R) brands are market-leading in their categories, as is the consumer Roundup(R) brand, which is marketed in North America and most of Europe exclusively by Scotts and owned by Monsanto. The Company also owns Smith & Hawken, a leading brand of garden-inspired products that includes pottery, watering equipment, gardening tools, outdoor furniture and live goods. Additionally, the Company owns Morning Song(R), a leading brand in the wild bird food category. In Europe, Scotts’ brands include Weedol(R), Pathclear(R), Evergreen(R), Levington(R), Miracle-Gro(R), KB(R), Fertiligene(R) and Substral(R). For additional information, visit us at www.scotts.com.
Contact:
Jeff Bollig
GCSAA Director of Communications
(800) 472-7878, ext. 4430
jbollig@gcsaa.org