HLA’s graduating seniors.
The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture held its Awards Recognition and Senior Dinner on April 20. We celebrated the awards and scholarships our undergraduates and the successes of our graduating seniors. We would like to thank Robin Tribbett for organizing the dinner and the HLA Ambassadors for helping set up the event.
The following are the awards and students recognized:
HLA Outstanding Students
Horticulture:
- Freshman: Nathan M. Grant
- Sophomore: Lauren R. Harmon
- Junior: Stephen C. Mills
- Senior: Ian J. Kelly
Sustainable Food and Farming Systems:
- Freshman: Ren Rund
- Sophomore: Camille A. Kristinik
- Junior: Faith M. Hartman
- Senior: Lucas K. Bleyle
Turf Management and Science:
- Freshman: Gavin W. Kenning
- Sophomore: Brody W. Piel
- Junior: Jacob E. Tower
- Senior: Emma C. Seward
Landscape Architecture:
- Freshman: Nathan G. Grant
- Sophomore: Grace E. Wagner
- Junior: Anna D. Hildebrand
- Senior: Kayla R. Kramer
HLA College of Agriculture Outstanding Student Nominations:
- Freshman: Ren Rund (SFS)
- Sophomore: Grace E. Wagner (LARC)
- Junior: Anna D. Hildebrand (LARC)
- Senior: Lucas K. Bleyle (SFS)
Olmsted Scholar (Landscape Architecture)
- Harland Nadeau
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Academic Honor and Merit Awards
2022-2023 Honor Awards:
- Harland Nadeau
- Chris Curnell
2022-2023 Merit Awards:
- Kayla Kramer
- Autumn McNinch
The Rundell Ernstberger Associates Scholarship
- Serine F. Kao
Henry W. Gilbert Memorial Scholarship – Indiana Nursery and Landscape Association (INLA)
- Tess C. Eppert – Public Horticulture
- Harland C. Nadeau – Landscape Architecture
- Harrison L. Smith – Horticulture
Faculty Nominated HLA Awards
Best Undergraduate Research:
- Lauren R. Harmon – Horticulture Plant Science
Best Undergraduate Teaching Assistant:
- Tess C. Eppert – Public Horticulture
Best Departmental Service:
- HLA Ambassadors
Best Promoter of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives:
- Wil Grimm-Brown – Sustainable Food and Farming Systems
Best Undergraduate Leadership:
- Brody W. Piel – Turf Management and Science
Lucas Bleyle, Outstanding Senior in Sustainable Food and Farming Systems.
Outstanding Students in Turf Management and Science (Left to Right): Brody Piel, Outstanding Sophomore; Emma Seward, Outstanding Senior; Jacob Tower, Outstanding Junior.
Outstanding students in Landscape Architecture (Left to Right): Kayla Kramer, Outstanding Senior; Grace Wagner, Outstanding Sophomore; Anna Hildebrand, Outstanding Junior.
Outstanding Students in Horticulture (Left to Right): Lauren Harmon, Outstanding Sophomore; Ian Kelly, Outstanding Senior.
Lucas Bleyle, nominated for the College of Agriculture Outstanding Student for Outstanding Senior.
Indiana Nursery and Landscape Association’s Henry W. Gilbert Memorial Scholarship winners (left to right): Harland Nadeau, Tess Eppert, and Harrison Smith.
American Society of Landscape Architecture Honor Award Winners (left to right): Harland Nadeau and Chris Curnell.
American Society of Landscape Architecture Merit Award Winners (left to right): Kayla Kramer and Autumn McNinch.
Lauren Harmon, Best Undergraduate Researcher.
Tess Eppert, Best Undergraduate Teaching Assistant.
Gloribel Rosales-Burdin and Robin Tribbett with HLA Ambassadors (left to right): Sydney Kleiman, Hannah Beck (Secretary), Brody Piel (President), Danielle Hewitt (Co-Treasurer), and Alison Sapp.