HONORS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS— OH MY! WHAT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES!
By Suz Trusty & TPI Staff
Do you know a deserving individual who should be recognized for their contributions to the industry? If so, please consider nominating them for recognition through the TPI Awards Program.
TPI AWARDS PROGRAM categories include:
HONORARY MEMBER -
Outstanding contribution to the research, planting, growing and marketing of turfgrass sod. (Need not be a current TPI member.)
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE -
Outstanding devotion of time, talent and energy to TPI, its programs and objectives for five or more years. (Need not be a current TPI member.)
INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD -
Unique and significant achievement that advances turfgrass sod production through research, engineering, training, marketing, public relations or environmental improvement, etc. (Must be a current TPI member.)
TURFGRASS EDUCATOR AWARD OF EXCELLENCE -
Outstanding contribution to the turfgrass industry through academics, public outreach, and/or involvement with turfgrass associations, turfgrass producers, suppliers, manufacturers, researchers, etc. (Need not be a current TPI Member.)
All the award recipients will receive recognition in Turf News, the TPI Membership Directory and during the TPI International Education Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
To download an award nomination form for mailing or faxing, or to complete the nomination online, visit: http://
www.TurfGrassSod.org/pages/discover-tpi/community/ honors-awards-scholarships/
Te deadline for nomination submissions is: September 30, 2018.
DR. HENRY W. INDYK SCHOLARSHIP
Te application process for the 2019 Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship begins on October 1. TPI members, their family, their employees, and their employee’s families who will be attending college or graduate school during the 2019-2020 academic year are encouraged to apply. All applications must be received by January 7, 2019.
Te Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship was established by Te Lawn Institute (TLI) Board of Trustees in 2006 to honor a founding father of Turfgrass Producers International (TPI) and to help to mitigate the rising costs of college and post-graduate education. TLI will provide a scholarship valued up to $10,000 (US). Tis includes an initial award of $2,500, renewable up to three times, pending certain criteria. For more information, visit http://
www.TeLawnInstitute.org/pages/science/scholarships/. Te applications are reviewed by TLI's Scholarship Committee and objectively evaluated, based on pre- determined criteria. Te recipient or recipients will be notified once the committee has made its decision.
Obviously, the scholarship funds are a huge benefit to the students and their families. TLI’s investment in the future of these young people also reaps huge benefits for the future of the turfgrass industry.
Consider Dr. James D. (Jay) McCurdy, the recipient of the TLI Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship in 2006, the year it was established. Dr. McCurdy is now an assistant professor and turfgrass extension specialist in the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS. Dr. McCurdy will join Dr. Roch Gaussoin (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) to present “Principles and Practices for Extending Sod Shelf- Life” at TPI’s International Education Conference in Charlotte, NC. Tey will address the variables that impact shelf-life and the best practices for improving the shelf- life of your cut sod, including new data from TLI-funded research that Dr. McCurdy’s turf team is conducting.
Many past scholarship recipients have joined the family business and are filling key roles there, such as Kevin Coombs, 2008 recipient, of Coombs Sod Farms in Elmer, NJ, and Kelsey Lain Gurda, 2009 recipient, of Pine Island Turf Nursery in Pine Island, NY.
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