Oct 8, 2015

Hey Interns, Your Assignments Are Due Soon By Tim Hodson

The deadline to apply for the 2016 GPN/Nexus Intern of the Year scholarship is a little more than a week away.

If you know a college student who participated in a horticulture-related internship program this year, and they would like to apply for this year’s scholarship, they have until next Wednesday, Oct. 21.

Just to refresh your memory – the 2016 GPN/Nexus Intern of the Year will receive a check for $3,000; be featured in an article and on the cover of the January 2016 issue of GPN; receive travel and hotel expenses to Cultivate’16 in Columbus, Ohio, next July; as well as a full Cultivate’16 registration.

To be considered, applicants must meet the following requirements:

*Be enrolled in a four-year accredited university during 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.
*Working on an undergraduate degree in floriculture/horticulture
*Completed a greenhouse/horticulture internship in 2015.

If all of the above requirements are met, the applicant should submit the following to my attention at thodson@greatamericanpublish.com.

*A cover letter stating what university the applicant attends requesting consideration for the scholarship.
*A letter of recommendation on university letterhead from the applicant’s academic advisor.
*A minimum 1,000-word essay describing the internship experience including who the applicant interned for, what his or her responsibilities were and what the applicant learned during the experience.

Remember, the deadline is Oct. 21, 2015.

– Tim