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Longwood student awarded Roselle fellowship
4:37 p.m., Sept. 20, 2006--Casey Sharber, a Longwood graduate fellow at UD, has been named the 2006 Louise Roselle Fellow in Public Horticulture. Roselle presented the award this summer at a picnic at the President's House. Established by the trustees of the Unidel Foundation in 2001, the fellowship honors Roselle, the wife of University President David P. Roselle, and her active interest in landscape design and renovation on campus, as well as her personal interest in gardening and horticulture. The fellowship is given each year to a rising second-year Longwood fellow with high academic standing, excellent research program and demonstrated team-building/leadership potential, according to Robert E. Lyons, director of the Longwood Graduate Program. Sharber received a bachelor's degree in horticulture, focused on public horticulture and botanical garden management, from Oklahoma State University, where she served as president of both the Horticulture club and Pi Alpha Xi, the honorary society for horticulture. She then worked for Valley Crest, one of the nation's largest horticulture and landscape companies, where she managed landscape crews, prepared bed designs, managed budgets and coordinated irrigation, pest management and turf maintenance schedules for client properties. In the Longwood Graduate Program, Sharber serves as leader of program identity, using her skills in web site design, marketing and promotion. Her thesis, “An Analysis of Public Horticulture within the FFA (Future Farmers of America) Organization,” will focus on recommendations to create awareness and engage young agriculture students in horticulture. Interested in a career in public horticulture, Sharber said she wants to instill learning and spark interest in horticulture and change the way the public perceives the surrounding environment. Sharber's other interests include painting, photography, reading and travel. Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson |
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