TGC VP - Sandee Walters swalters@texasgardenclubs.org Texas Garden Clubs, Inc., gives annual scholarships to Texas resident students who are college-level juniors or above. The applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be majoring in a field of horticulture. The fields of horticulture included are floriculture, landscape design, horticulture, botany, biology, plant pathology, forestry, agronomy, environmental concerns, city floriculture planning, land management and other allied subjects. The application deadline is October 1 for a scholarship given the following spring/winter semester. Grants were set up in honor of the following: Nellie Day Trigg, Bess Buchanan, Florence H. Thomas, Mary Badham Kittel, Hazel Raske, Francis Ellis, and Ethel W. Spears. These Scholarships are given on a rotating basis in their respective names. These Scholarships continue to grow as the 544 member clubs give yearly to the Scholarship program thereby increasing the principle. The rise in interest rates has greatly improved the dollar amount of our Scholarships. We are fortunate to have two permanently endowed Scholarships which can be given yearly. They are the Ina Brundrett Scholarship and the Francis Ellis Memorial Scholarship. FORMS in PDF format: Scholarship Application Form in PDF format Financial Aid Form in PDF format Scholarship Guidelines in PDF format - Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader -Need it? Download is free can download program here. FORMS in MSWord format: Scholarship Application Form in Microsoft Word format Financial Aid Form in Microsoft Word Scholarship Guidelines in Microsoft Word CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2007 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS! THE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FOR 2007 It is a great pleasure to report that the scholarship committee has selected five outstanding students this year to receive our TGC, Inc. Scholarships. These awards will go directly to the colleges to help with tuition, books, fees, and other expenses incurred at each institution. The quality of applicants was outstanding. Ashley Shook will receive the INA BRUNDRETT scholarship in the amount of $1,500.00. Ashley is currently a senior at Texas Tech University in the Department of Landscape Architecture. She is involved in campus activities and participates in the student chapter of A. S. L. A., Gamma Beta Phi and Sigma Lambda Alpha honor societies, Arbor Day Planning Committee and others within and outside of the L. A. Department. She plans to graduate in the summer of 2008. Ashley hopes to pursue a career with a consulting landscape architecture firm leading to a professional license. John Wesley Glottal will receive the FRANCIS ELISE scholarship in the amount of $1,500.00. John is currently a senior at Texas Tech University in the Department of Plant and Soil Science with a major in Horticulture. John was named Top undergraduate horticulture student at TTU for 2007. He is a member and past president of Alpha Iota Chapter of Pi Alpha Xi, and also belongs to Phi Kappa Phi (Interdisciplinary Honor Society) and Gamma Sigma Delta an Agricultural Honor Society. He hopes to graduate in May, 2008 and plans to pursue an advanced degree (Master's and possibly Ph.D.)in either horticulture or plant pathology. Jeffrey Robert Ahren will receive the FLORENCE H. THOMAS scholarship in the amount of $1,000.00. Jeffrey is currently seeking an advanced degree at Rice University in Houston in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He is currently studying and working on a thesis of the Cocklebur. Jeffrey hopes to eventually become a professor at a college or university. Anthony Steven Kinyo will receive the MARY B. KITTEL scholarship in the amount of $1000.00. Anthony attends Rice University in Houston and is working toward an advanced degree in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. His thesis is "Community Structure and Dynamics of a Plant-Pollinator network in a southeast Texas prairie". Upon graduation he hopes to become a college biology professor or to work with the National Parks Service or the United States Geological Survey. Tanner Wayne Morgan will receive the Hazel Raska scholarship in the amount $1,000.00. He is currently junior at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. His major is in Wildlife Management with a minor in Biology in the Department of Agriculture and Human Sciences. Tanner is Livestock Judge and has served on the Tarleton Livestock Judging Team and placed top ten at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Livestock Judging Contest. He is an Adult 4-H leader and instructor. Following graduation he plans to pursue a Masters of Science degree in Marine Fisheries Management.