by Lynn Ellis, Scholarship Chair
Our Scholarship Committee reviews candidates for tuition scholarships each year. Each committee member reviews the applications independently before the group agrees on the winners.
Our college receipient has to major in Horticulture or a gardening-related subject. He or she must be a junior or above.
Cassie Warren is our college scholarship recipient.
Cassie has just completed her first semester of graduate studies in Horticulture at A&M. She plans to graduate with a Masters of Science in Horticulture. Last summer she received the Lloyd Noble Ag Scholar Internship from the Noble Foundation. During the regular school year, she is a student worker in the Plant Pathology & Microbiology Department where she helps with agriculture research. She also works as a landscaper at the Wesley Foundation and has a Research Assistantship with Texas AgriLife. She is active in the Horticulture Club, where she attended the regional and national conferences of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences in Alabama and Hawaii, respectively. She also competed in the judging of horticulture commodities and served as Vice President of the Association of Collegiate Branches.
Our high school winners are deserving young people with any major who are well-rounded academically, active in groups, and show leadership.
Joel Johnson is the Elkins High School recipient.
Joel came to this country from India in the 8th grade. The family moved to Missouri City when Joel was in the 11th grade.
Since he started at Elkins, he has worked hard to master the English language and to excel academically. He is placed in the top quarter of his graduating class. His on campus activities include being on the Varsity Tennis Team, Varsity Choir, Student Council, Key Club, Habitat for Humanity, Teens Educating Against Racism, and the Desi Student Association.
He is also a member of Youth in Philanthropy where he is a student volunteer at Sugar Land Methodist Hospital and the Houston Food Bank. Honors he has achieved are being selected for the National Honor Society and the Science National Honor Society. He is involved in his church’s youth group and choir. Joel hopes to attend U of H Downtown and major in respiratory care and eventually acquire his masters to become a physician assistant.
To learn more about our scholarship process and requirements, press here.
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