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Penn College landscape student receives PLNA scholarship

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Laura A. Snyder, of Harrisburg, a landscape/plant production technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was awarded a $4,500 Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Foundation Scholarship.

Snyder received her award at the PLNA 120th Anniversary Celebration & Education Summit, held recently at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square.

Pennsylvania College of Technology landscape/plant production technology student Laura A. Snyder, of Harrisburg, received a $4,500 Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Foundation Scholarship. She accepted her award at the PLNA 120th Anniversary Celebration & Education Summit, held recently at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square. (Photo taken by Carl J. Bower Jr.)

Joining Snyder at the two-day event was Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture. They attended a variety of educational sessions, including many focused on native plants and sustainable landscape solutions.

“Laura is one of those students who is always looking to learn more,” Bower said. “I have a feeling that she would have attended this educational session even if she wasn’t coming away with a huge scholarship. I can’t think of anyone more deserving of this honor.”

Also attending the PLNA summit were a number of Penn College horticulture and landscape technology alumni who are engaged in the dynamic career field.

Joining Bower (third from right) and Snyder at the PLNA summit at Longwood Gardens are Penn College alumni (from left): landscape/nursery technology graduates Jeff N. Walizer, ’93; Scott A. Fohringer, ’97; Keane C. Scholl, ’91; and Valerie (Petroski) Reese, ’86, floriculture. Reese is nursery sales manager for SiteOne Landscape Supply; the three men are landscape designers at Creative Plantscapes Inc., of Lewisburg.

For more information on Penn College’s Associate of Applied Science degree in landscape/plant production technology, visit the School of Engineering Technologies or call 570-327-4520.

For more about Penn College, a national leader in applied technology education, email the Admissions Office or call toll-free 800-367-9222.

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