Patricia Rose Manning 2024 Undergraduate Scholarship Awards
The Big Bend Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas Scholarship Committee is excited to announce our 2024 Patricia Rose Manning Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients. The committee is currently comprised of four society members from our chapter and is led by the scholarship committee chair, Tom Kennedy. Scholarship applications open in August each year and awards are decided based on academic achievement, community involvement and focus on studies related to the NPSOT mission.
Patty Manning
Big Bend Chapter members established this tuition scholarship in 2024 to honor Patty Manning, gifted horticulturist, field botanist, NPSOT member, and co-founder of the Twin Sisters Nursery in Alpine. The scholarship amounts are $2000 and $3000. Successful applicants must keep a high GPA and have plans to pursue an academic or research career devoted to the study, conservation and utilization of Texas native plants.
2024 Recipients
Shelby Green is an undergraduate student at Sul Ross State University studying Range and Wildlife Management with a minor in Criminal Justice. She will pursue a career as a Game Warden with an emphasis on promoting conservation, research and utilization of native plants and plant habitats of Texas.
Christopher Mott is an undergraduate at Sul Ross State University majoring in Natural Resource Management with an emphasis on entomology. He is interested in the role insects play in habitat enhancement for other plant and and animal species. His goal is to stay in the Big Bend region and explore the natural world.
