2024 Graduating Senior Awards in Plant Science
Plant Science - Academic Excellence Award:
Krystal Lai (third from left) – Natural Products option
Alyssa Leung (second from right) – General Research option
David Ortiz (not pictured) – Plant Agriculture and Horticulture*
Plant Science Academic and Service Award:
William Kohut (second from left) - Plant Agriculture and Horticulture* option
Plant Science Academic and Research Achievement Award:
Erin Quinn (center) – Natural Products option
Plant Science Academic and Industry Achievement Award:
Gianna Corallo (third from right) – Natural Products option
Academic Excellence and Community Service Award:
Ella Walmsley (Not Pictured)
Plant Science seniors Ella Walmsley and Emily Vesper (not pictured) also received the 2024 G.H Cook Leadership Award.
Dr. Nrupali Patel, Undergraduate Program Director, Plant Science (right) and Dr. Don Kobayashi, Department Chair (left).
Scholarships
Marian Hollenbeck (Plant Science - Plant Agriculture and Horticulture option)
- Rutgers Global Study Abroad (RGSA) Summer 2025 Scholarship for the Summer: Rutgers -AgriTech Japan: The Crossroads of Agriculture and Biotechnology program
- Eastern Produce Council—Jerry Grinnell Scholarship Award Fall 2024
- Norman F. Childers Scholarship and Millicent Mercer Johnsen Intern Scholarship - 2024
Christoper Dikiy (Plant Sciencs - Plant Agriculture and Horticulture Option)
- SEBS GoingGlobal Summer 2025 Scholarship for the Summer: Rutgers -AgriTech Japan: The Crossroads of Agriculture and Biotechnology program
- Rutgers Global Study Abroad (RGSA) Summer 2025 Scholarship for the Summer: Rutgers -AgriTech Japan: The Crossroads of Agriculture and Biotechnology program
Maxwell Lovas (Plant Science - Natural Products Option)
- Norman F. Childers Scholarship
- Class of 1925 Scholarship
- CAES Cook Scholarship
2023–24 Vegetable Growers' Association of NJ Scholarship - Elizabeth Wheelan (Plant Science - Plant Agriculture and Horticulture* option)
Eastern Produce Council, Inc – Jerry Grinnell Scholarship – 2023 – Luke Zeigler (Plant Science - Plant Agriculture and Horticulture* option; Agribusiness Scholar)
Joyce Family Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship – 2023 – Aaliyah Davis Bey (Plant Science – Natural Products track)
Elizabeth and Karl Ehricke/Maplewood Garden Club scholarship –2023 - Celena Cheng (Plant Science – Plant Agriculture and Horticulture*, Medicinal and Economic Botany minor)
Osterman Family Scholarship 2023 – Aislin M. Butler (Plant Science – Plant Agriculture and Horticulture* option; Entrepreneurship minor)
New Jersey Chrysanthemum Society 2023 – David Tohon – Plant Science – General Research option)
Allen and Schott Off Memorial Scholarship 2023 - Yvette Bogert (Plant Science – Natural Products option)
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture Fred 2023 Memorial Award for Excellence in Horticulture – Erin Quinn (Plant Science – Natural Products option).
* Formerly known as Horticulture and Turf Industry Option.