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| Urban Forestry graduate student Brittany Benjamin and professor of Urban Forestry Dr. Zhu Ning. |
Baton Rouge, La. – The Baton Rouge Garden Club has selected
Southern University College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences
student Brittany Benjamin, as the recipient of the 2017 Elaine Humphries
Memorial Scholarship.
Benjamin is an Urban
Forestry graduate student from New Orleans, La.
The $1,500 scholarship
is provided to financially assist worthy students in the fields of
horticulture, landscape architecture and urban forestry.
“We are most impressed
with all Brittany’s accomplishments,” said Sue Webb, Chair of the Baton Rouge Garden
Club’s Scholarship Committee.
The scholarship was presented to Benjamin during the
Baton Rouge Garden Club’s Spring Luncheon on May 19. Ms. Webb and the club’s president,
Cindy Moran, invited Benjamin
and Dr. Zhu Ning, professor of Urban
Forestry in SU’s College of Agriculture, to attend the luncheon. After receiving
the scholarship, Benjamin spoke to
the attendees about the value of her education in urban forestry and her career
objectives.
“In
past years, the scholarship winners have been students from LSU,” said Dr. Ning, who is Benjamin’s academic adviser and
mentor. “I
am so proud that Brittany was selected this year for her high quality
achievements in course work, research, and international experience,” added
Ning.
Brittany currently
carries a 4.0 GPA. On April 2, 2017, she competed in the graduate student’s
research oral presentation competition at the Association of Research
Director’s Symposium in Atlanta, Ga. and won third place.
The Southern
University Agricultural Land-Grant Campus is comprised of the Southern
University Ag Center and the Southern University College of Agricultural,
Family and Consumer Sciences.
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