Scholarships

Shenandoah District Community College Scholarship

Low on fund for school? Try applying to the Shenandoah District Community College Scholarship! Previous Horticulture Department students have won before!

Shenandoah District Scholarship 2022 Description

The application period has been extended to March 1st 2022, so don’t hesitate to apply!

Shenandoah District Scholarship 2022 application

OBJECTIVE: The Shenandoah District Community College Scholarship will offer financial aid in the amount of one
thousand dollars ($1,000) to a full-time rising second year student of an accredited Community College in
Shenandoah District, Virginia. Career goals must demonstrate objectives that are garden related.

GOAL: To provide financial aid to eligible students who desire to finish and/or continue their education in the below
mentioned fields (1e.) as career goals.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS ANS DETAILS:

  1. The Applicant shall:
    1. Be a resident of Virginia – preferably residing in Shenandoah District
    2. Obtain Scholarship application(s) from the VFGC Website – Scholarships, Shenandoah District
    3. Be a full time student/applicant
    4. Submit 3 letters of recommendation, one from an Instructor in applicant’s major
    5. Major in: Agriculture Education, Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Design, Botany, Plant
      Pathology/Science, Forestry, Agronomy, Environmental Concerns, Environmental Conservation,
      Habitat or Forest/Systems Ecology, Land Management and/or other garden related or allied
      subjects
  2. Scholarship will be awarded by established guidelines, approved by the Board of Directors
  3. The recipient will be chosen by the Scholarship Committee with approval by the Board of Directors,
    and, notified before the end of the spring semester
  4. The one thousand dollar Scholarship Award will be sent by the Shenandoah District
    Treasurer to the appropriate community college personnel before the end of the
    spring semester, and, is to be applied to tuition and books for the recipient’s second year.
  5. The Scholarship Committee has discretion in awarding. The amount is determined by the Executive
    Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.
  6. This will be an ongoing, named Scholarship.
  7. Scholarships will be awarded only when funds accrued are adequate. Funds to be kept in a separate Scholarship account.
  8. Recipients and donors will be recognized in the ‘Shenandoah Sharings’ and the ‘Old Dominion Gardener’.