These $2,500 scholarships, funded in part from proceeds from the Chapter’s annual Golf Outing, are awarded to encourage awareness and education in the field of landscape architecture.

Scholarship applicants must be legal residents of the State of Connecticut and enrolled in an accredited landscape architecture or environmental education program at the college or university level. Application forms must be postmarked between January 1 and March 15 of the year of the scholarship.

We encourage you to alert qualified students to the availability of this financial aid. Thank you for helping to spread the word about the CTASLA Student Scholarship!

Download/view the 2008 CTASLA Student Scholarship Application Form.

Congratulations to Our 2007 Scholarship Recipients:

The Connecticut Chapter of ASLA has named Dan Castle, of Terryville, CT and Alex McSherry, of Bethany, CT its 2007 CTASLA Student Scholarship recipients.
 

Dan Castle		Mr. Castle is a senior in the Landscape Architecture program at Cornell University, with a minor in Animal Science. He has taken a diverse course load on his way to the Dean’s list, combining his interests in landscape architecture and animal science, which he says will prepare him for his future career. “I believe a landscape architect’s job is not only to create comfortable environments, but also to design landscapes as ecosystems habitable by many species,” he said.
Marvin Adelman, FASLA, professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Cornell, said that “Dan is outstanding in every respect. In my design studio, his work was clearly the best in the class.” Citing one example, Dan’s design concepts for an 88-acre park fronting on Seneca Lake in Burdett, NY not only received an A+ but were lauded by town officials. “His drawings were so appropriate, complete and well communicated that the town board selected his work to submit for park implementation grants.”

Alex McSherry		Mr. McSherry is entering his sophomore year at Pennsylvania State UNiversity. Nature played a huge role in his life growing up, he says. “I was never the child that stayed indoors playing video games,” he said. “Rather, I loved playing sports and being involved with the outdoors throughout the day.” When he was scanning possible careers in high school in preparation for choosing a university, he discovered landscape architecture. “What better field for getting involved in our communities and the environment?” he said. “I can’t wait until I create a landscape that makes individuals feel better about themselves and provides them with a new sense of comfort.”
"CTASLA is proud to give these scholarships on behalf of our members and sponsors,” said Brian Cossari, a landscape architect at Hoffman Landscapes (of Wilton, CT), who is the chapter’s Treasurer and an organizer of the Golf Outing. Congratulations to these worthy recipients of our Student Scholarship! Back to top