Scholarships Help IAA Students

Meet five IAA Fall 2013 Scholarship recipients. Top (L-R): Tim Burkhart, Brian Hogan, Matt Park. Bottom (L-R): Brian Knott, and Brent Waite

Image Credit: Diana Velasquez-munoz

January 24, 2014

With over $20,000 of annual scholarship money to award to its students, the IAA continues to be an excellent source of student financial aid on the UMD campus. And this past semester, over 20% of the institute's brightest scholars were lucky enough to receive a cumulative $10,000 in scholarship funding to put toward their academic careers.

 "Students have a great chance of getting money," said Diana Velasquez-munoz, former Student Services Coordinator. "They can apply for scholarships more than once. You don't see many programs that set aside those kinds of funds. And those funds continue to grow!"

In fall 2013, the Shields Scholarship was awarded to Brian Knott, Brent Waite, Tim Burkhart, and Jeff Bynaker; the TESCO Scholarship was awarded to Matt Park, Steve Brew, and Kelsie Birney; the Cecil Massie Scholarship was awarded to Allison Miller; the IAA Scholarship was awarded to Rachel Jones and Joe Shaffer; the Gary Wayne Shaffer Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Joe Shaffer; the GCSAA Scholarship and MAAGCS Scholarships were awarded to Brian Hogan; the Seibel Scholarship was awarded to Brian Knott; and the PGMS-DC Scholarship was awarded to Collin Plumley.

“I was excited and grateful to be awarded the PGMS-DC scholarship,” said Collin, who plans to earn a four-year degree in landscape management. 

His peer, Matt Park was also appreciative of his scholarship earnings. "The scholarship provided by Turf Equipment and Supply Company (TESCO) was truly valuable and I am incredibly grateful that I was a recipient.  It was an important part in my journey to become a superintendent."