Alum’s Scholarship “Sprouts” from AGNR’s Generosity When Katrina Emery ’11 found out just a month before graduation that a scholarship she relied on couldn’t be applied to her fifth year, her college came to the rescue. Now, the dual degree holder in plant sciences and mechanical engineering will help out fellow Terps in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture. “It was a huge relief for me,” says Emery, after the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) replaced the $3,000 she’d received annually as a Maryland Distinguished Scholar. “We decided we should definitely give something back.” She now works for an environmental construction company, enabling her to create the Emery Family Scholarship. It will offer $1,000 starting this fall. “It’s absolutely wonderful,” says Leon Slaughter, the college’s associate dean of academic programs. “As it turned out, we did have some dollars available that we were able to give her. Now, if another student in her situation comes along, we’ll be able to help them too.”–KS
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