\u201cThe Garden Club of York is a fantastic program that does a lot of community-based initiatives and makes sustainable initiatives accessible for a lot of people, so it’s an absolute honor to be recognized by such a welcoming community that does so much good in my hometown,\u201d Diaz said.<\/strong><\/p>\n Jay Diaz ’26<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n Each year, the club awards scholarships to a York County student who is studying in an environmental-related field. The scholarship is awarded based on academic standing, extracurricular activities, financial need, and the applicant\u2019s personal essay.<\/p>\n Diaz, who attended the York County School of Technology, spent time on campus this past summer taking part in the College\u2019s Summer Creative Arts and Research Program (SCARP), creating a set of resources for members of the campus community and surrounding communities to learn about the biology, ecological roles, and cultural significance of selected trees. The research has the potential to serve as a basis for the College’s application for an Arboretum Accreditation Program.<\/p>\n Makenzi Reed \u201926,<\/p><\/div>\n Reed, who attended Eastern York High School, was awarded this scholarship for the second straight year. She has supported the Garden Club of York\u2019s purpose of aiding in the protection of native plant life by taking an active role in the College\u2019s SEEDS Ecology Club, while also participating in off-campus volunteer activities such as planting native plants in the community.<\/p>\n \u201cSustainability starts with participating in initiatives such as the Garden Club of York,\u201d Reed said. \u201cWhile supporting such initiatives, you are not only advancing their mission, but becoming a difference maker in conservation.\u201d<\/p>\n Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships at Elizabethtown College <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elizabethtown College Environmental Science majors, Jay Diaz \u201926 and Makenzi Reed \u201926, were chosen as recipients of the competitive and highly selective Garden Club of York Scholarship. Both were selected in part because of their on- and off-campus sustainability efforts. Diaz and Reed were recognized at an awards ceremony in York, Pa. on May 10, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":15308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,774,775],"tags":[1408,1517,1855,1719,943,1685,1137],"class_list":["post-15282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-arts-and-culture","category-campus","tag-elizabethtown","tag-etown-college","tag-garden-club-of-york","tag-scarp-2023","tag-scholarship","tag-seeds","tag-sustainability","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15282"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15373,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282\/revisions\/15373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2023\/08\/52989867733_de45cfd0be_o-scaled.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong>The Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships program at Elizabethtown College helps students explore funding options to achieve their goals and can assist with the application process for a wide range of scholarships and fellowships.\u00a0<\/span>Learn more at etown.edu.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n