[Plsugs] Two Students Awarded $10,000 AFE Ecke Scholarships

Mon Mar 31 08:39:20 MST 2014

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Too Good to Pass Up! Two Students Awarded $10,000 AFE Ecke Scholarships 

 Joshua Craver
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Joshua Craver

ALEXANDRIA, VA - March 31, 2014 - Not one, but two promising students have
been awarded a 2014
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ships/58-scholarship-news/48-paul-ecke-jr-scholarship-program.html> Paul
Ecke Jr. Scholarship through the
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(AFE). The merit-based scholarship honors the late floriculture pioneer and
is awarded to M.S. or Ph.D. students who are on track to become exceptional
researchers or educators.

Joshua Craver, who will soon earn a graduate degree at Kansas State
University and begin a doctoral program at Purdue University, and Emma
Lookabaugh, a doctoral student at North Carolina State University, were both
awarded the $10,000 scholarship.

"Generally only one Paul Ecke Jr. Scholarship is awarded each year, but this
year AFE made an exception to award a scholarship to two remarkable
candidates," said Dwight Larimer, AFE Education Committee chairman and
DESIGN MASTER color tool, inc. president. "These students show great promise
and will be strong assets to the industry. We couldn't pass them up."

Craver will soon begin pursuing a Ph.D. in horticulture at Purdue University
under Roberto G. Lopez, Ph.D. His doctoral research will explore the
potential applications for using LED lighting in horticulture.

 Emma Lookabaugh
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Emma Lookabaugh

"Early on in my college education, I uncovered my passion for teaching and
research within academia. I have since been chasing this dream, and AFE has
been a valuable resource in supporting my efforts," Craver said. "This
scholarship motivates me more than ever to strive for excellence in my
schooling and research, in the aims of ultimately giving back more to this
industry I have become passionate about."

Craver, who said he is deeply honored and grateful to receive the
scholarship, is currently working with KSU Professor Kimberly Williams,
Ph.D., as a teaching assistant. This work has further solidified his desire
to teach.

"Josh's enthusiasm for teaching and research with crops produced in
greenhouses is sure to have an impact on our industry as his career
progresses," Williams said. "His teaching efforts will contribute to the
education of the next generation of growers, and his research will provide
solutions to help these growers address production challenges."

 Paul Ecke Jr.
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Paul Ecke Jr.

Ecke recipient Emma Lookabaugh, a doctoral student at NCSU, has extensive
experience in floriculture extension work and outreach activities, including
more than five years experience at a diagnostic clinic. Her doctoral
research focuses on Pythium and aims to combine sound floriculture research
with disease management strategies.

"Not only will this scholarship help me financially, but it will also help
me professionally," Lookabaugh said. "I believe in sharing knowledge and
taking information from the laboratory to the field, or in this case, to the
greenhouse! Ultimately, this scholarship will broaden my audience beyond the
realm of plant pathology and give me the opportunity to share my disease
research with the floriculture industry as a whole."

Her ultimate goal is to work as an extension professor specializing in
floriculture diseases while continuing research in applied plant pathology
that immediately impacts the floriculture industry.

"Emma is an outstanding student, but she also is an exceptional leader who
helps growers and the public understand plant disease problems through her
extension and outreach activities," said Barbara Shew, Ph.D., NCSU research
assistant professor/extension specialist and Lookabaugh's advisor. "Emma's
research promises to give growers new insights into managing Pythium root
rot in poinsettia and other floricultural crops."

This prestigious scholarship, established in 2010, is funded by
contributions to AFE from the floral industry, the Ecke family and other
sources. Awardees will receive $5,000 for two consecutive years, provided
they continue meeting scholarship requirements.

AFE annually awards
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to undergraduate through graduate level students.

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The American Floral Endowment is dedicated to advancing the industry through
funding floriculture research, educational grants and scholarships. More
than $15 million has been funded toward research projects benefiting the
entire industry, and more than $500,000 has been funded in scholarships
designed to attract and retain the future leaders of the industry. To learn
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