{"id":2480,"date":"2013-04-04T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/news\/2013-ecke-scholarship-recipient-success-breeds-motivation"},"modified":"2024-03-18T21:48:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T21:48:33","slug":"2013-ecke-scholarship-recipient-success-breeds-motivation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/2013-ecke-scholarship-recipient-success-breeds-motivation","title":{"rendered":"2013 Ecke Scholarship Recipient: \u201cSuccess Breeds Motivation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/featured_garrettowen-960x675.jpg\" alt=\"2013 Ecke Scholarship Recipient: \u201cSuccess Breeds Motivation\u201d\" class=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"675\"> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/garrett_owen.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1740\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1740\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/garrett_owen-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"2013 Ecke Winner Garrett Owen\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/garrett_owen-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/garrett_owen-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/garrett_owen-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/garrett_owen-250x387.jpg 250w, https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/garrett_owen-1080x1670.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/garrett_owen.jpg 1472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2013 Paul Ecke Jr. Scholarship Recipient Garrett Owen<\/p><br>Garrett Owen, currently pursuing his M.S. in Horticulture Science from North Carolina State University, was awarded the 2013 <strong><a title=\"Paul Ecke Jr. M.S.\/Ph.D. Scholarship\" href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/paul-ecke-jr-floriculture-msph-d-scholarship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Ecke, Jr. Scholarship<\/a><\/strong>, a merit-based scholarship honoring the late floriculture pioneer. Ecke made indispensable contributions to the advancement of the global floriculture industry and recognized that creative scientists and educators are necessary for the industry\u2019s future, which is why this scholarship is awarded to students who will become the next generation of exceptional researchers or educators.<br>\u201cThis scholarship is definitely going to help financially, but it also continues to fuel my passion to further my education so I can make an impact from the classroom to the greenhouse,\u201d Owen said. \u201cI once heard \u2018success breeds motivation,\u2019 and receiving this scholarship helps keep me motivated to make a difference and make a positive impact.\u201d<br>Owen, who aspires to become a floriculture extension specialist and professor, will continue his education as a doctoral candidate in floriculture research at Purdue University under Roberto G. Lopez, Ph.D.<br>\u201cAs Garrett\u2019s future Ph.D. advisor, I was very excited to hear that such a bright and deserving young man was selected to receive the Paul Ecke Jr. Scholarship,\u201d Lopez, Associate Professor\u00a0&amp; Indiana Floriculture Extension Specialist at Purdue, said. \u201cAt the age of 15, Garrett opened up his own commercial greenhouse and has the aspirations of helping other growers through research and extension.\u201d<br>Owen\u2019s doctoral research will involve investigating greenhouse light-emitting diodes (LEDs), wavelength, color spectrum, substrate and air temperature in the propagation environment. He hopes his research will improve propagation and cut costs for production facilities.<br>This prestigious scholarship, established in 2010, is funded by contributions to AFE from the floral industry, the Ecke family and other sources.<br>As the 2013 Ecke recipient, Owen will receive $5,000 for two consecutive years, provided he continues meeting scholarship requirements.<br>AFE provides <strong><a title=\"AFE Scholarships\" href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/becas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 20 scholarships annually<\/a><\/strong> to undergraduate through graduate students.<p><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","news-categories":[31,29,49],"class_list":["post-2480","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-categories-latest-news","news-categories-news","news-categories-scholarship"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2013 Ecke Scholarship Recipient: &quot;Success Breeds Motivation&quot; - 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