Awards & Recognitions 08

Department Annual Awards

The department held its Annual Ceremony on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Awards and scholarships were presented to many of our outstanding graduate and undergraduate students. Congratulations to all the winners!

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

  • The Homeland Garden Club of Baltimore Award - Nina Fulkoski
  • ASLA Honor and Merit Nominees and Award Winners - Brian Hughes, Lauren Kovach, John Lightle, Allison Poirier
  • Landscape Architecture Award of Excellence - John Lightle
  • Outstanding Agronomy Senior Award - Katy Nolte Bartlett
  • Tree Foundation Scholarship - Joseph Rothleutner
  • Bayer Environmental Science Turfgrass Scholarship - Christopher DeVido
  • MD State Golf Association - Emmet Gary Scholarship - David Corley, Steven Hutzell
  • Francis R. Gouin Undergraduate Research Award - Julia Harshman
  • Joe E. James Memorial Award - Demetra Skaltsas
  • Link-Shanks Award - Andrew Cantrell
  • Joseph Newcomer Memorial Award - Patrick Watkins
  • PLANET (Professional Landcare Network) Team Recognition - Eric Adam, Andrew Cantrell, Adam Chaitin, Todd Colvin, Lindsay Halterman, Lauren Peddicord, John Prothro, Eric Routh, Chad Stern, Brian Touchard, Chase Townshend, Clark Zurowski

GRADUATE AWARDS

  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in PSLA - Allen Dawson, Michael Lloyd, Josh Nadler
  • Leland E. and Catherine B. Scott Award - Felix Arguedas
  • Francis C. Stark, Jr. Fund for Learning Resources - John Majsztrik
  • John H. Weinberger Scholarship - Andrea Ottesen

RECOGNITION OF OTHER SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

We would like to congratulate the following recipients of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and other organization scholarships this academic year:

  • Beltsville Garden Club Scholarship - Lindsay Nicole Halterman
  • Bowie-Crofton Garden Club Scholarship - Mary Marcinko
  • Chapel Valley Landscape Scholarship - Chase Townshend
  • Kenneth S. Fowler Memorial Endowment - Lisa Sinclair, Susan Sinclair
  • Maryland Greenhouse Growers Association Scholarship - Laura Templeton-Brandt
  • James and Dessie Moxley Scholarship - Daryn Harper, Henry Hinz, Steven Hutzell
  • A.F. Vierheller Award - Tyler Butler, Demetra Skaltsas
  • Maryland Crop Improvement Association James R. Miller Award - Patrick Forrestal

 

Other Awards and Recognitions from the Green Industry

Landscape Management Team Competition, April 2008

- Article by Dr. Steven M. Cohan

This years's team traveled to North Metro Technical College, in Atlanta, GA to compete in the 32nd Student Career Days. There were 64 colleges and universities from California to Maine in attendance. The competition was tough among the 850 student who competed in 25 events ranging from business management to landscape design. PSLA's team placed 17th among the 64 teams.

 Lindsay 1st

The most valuable player was Lindsay Halterman, Landscape Management, who placed first among 50 competitors in the sales competition. Lindsay presented design concepts and sold a $360,000 landscape project to judges in ten minutes. Other outstanding team members included Todd Colvin, Plant Science and Brian Touchard and Andrew Cantrell, Landscape Management, who placed in the top ten percent among 850 competitors. Next year, the event will be in California. Talk of possible fundraising activities to supplement industry support for Landscape Management students who wish to participate has already begun.

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