Five in-state students studying landscape and horticulture at West Virginia University (WVU) are receiving $5,000 each, thanks to the West Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (WVNLA) Marcus W. Rennix scholarship program.
Robert Gompers, WVNLA president and owner of Highland Landscaping in Buckhannon, WV, says the WVU scholars will be recognized at the association’s February 11 Winter Symposium in Charleston.
Recipients include Penelope Edwards of Morgantown, a senior majoring in Landscape Architecture; Chelsea Elliott of Bridgeport, a senior majoring in Landscape Architecture; Samuel Glazier of Charleston, a senior studying Landscape Architecture; Alaira Hudson of Davis, a senior majoring in Landscape Architecture; and Hailey Lane of New Martinsville, a senior studying Horticulture.
Glazier and Lane were 2024 recipients of the Rennix scholarship and met guidelines for reapplying.
Julie Robinson, WVNLA executive director, says the association prioritizes scholarships to West Virginia citizens wherever they are studying to help boost the nursery and landscape industry. The Marcus W. Rennix scholarship applications are taken via the WVNLA website on a rolling annual basis. Applicants seeking scholarship funding must be studying horticulture, landscape architecture or nursery and greenhouse management. Robinson says students must be in-state residents who have completed half the required courses in ornamental horticulture or landscape architecture and maintained at least a 2.5 grade point average.
Registration information for the February 11 Winter Symposium can be found at https://wvnla.org/wvnla-events/27088/
