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SEPTEMBER 7, 2000
CONTACT: Linda McCandless, llm3@cornell.edu, 315-787-2417
by Linda McCandless
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Suggested caption: Rebecca Scott (left) received a $10,000 scholarship from Valent BioSciences and the NYS Horticultural Society at Fruit Field Day 2000, held at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY, on August 17. On hand to award her the check were Regina Rieckenberg (center), from Valent, and Kevin Bowman, (right), president of the NYS Hort Society. CREDIT: J.Ogrodnick/NYSAES/Cornell |
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GENEVA, NY: Rebecca Scott, a senior at Cornell University from Cornwall, NY, received a $1,000 scholarship from Valent BioSciences Corporation during the Cornell Fruit Field Day 2000 on August 17. The scholarship was awarded in conjunction with the New York State Horticultural Society. Scott, who has worked at the Hudson Valley Laboratory in Highland, NY, hopes to become an extension educator in fruits after she graduates.
"It was the community that surrounded me in the fruit industry when I was working at the Hudson Valley Lab that encouraged me to continue on," she said. "I'm excited to continue my higher education in pomology."
Regina Rieckenberg, of Valent BioSciences, and Kevin Bowman, president of the New York State Horticultural Society, presented the check to Scott.
This is the fourth year the scholarship has been awarded. It is available one more year. The award goes to a student who intends to make a career in the fruit industry.
Candidates for 2001 can be nominated through the NYS Hort Society. Contact Kevin Bowman at 315-787-2404 for more information.
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