{"id":4008,"date":"2020-02-25T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/news\/afe-paul-thomas-floriculture-production-intern-of-the-year-award"},"modified":"2024-05-31T18:59:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:59:09","slug":"afe-paul-thomas-floriculture-production-intern-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/afe-paul-thomas-floriculture-production-intern-of-the-year-award","title":{"rendered":"AFE Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12138 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Press-Release-Paul-Thomas-Intern-of-Year-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/strong>The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has announced <strong>the Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year award<\/strong>. Designed to recognize an\u00a0outstanding student who has participated in the Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship\u00a0program, this award pays special tribute to the late Dr. Paul Thomas, retired\u00a0professor at the University of Georgia, who passed away in 2019.<a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/internships\/\">The Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship program<\/a> was established in 1992 to provide\u00a0students the opportunity to gain practical experience while training at a commercial\u00a0production greenhouse or nursery. Students intern away from home\/school for a\u00a0period of 3-6 months and receive a scholarship upon completion \u2013 up to $6,000!<\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"117\" class=\"wp-image-14076 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Untitled-design-1.png\" alt=\"\">All students who successfully complete a Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship will automatically qualify for this annual recognition<\/strong>, which includes paid travel and hotel to Cultivate, free registration to Cultivate, $500 cash, a feature story in AFE\u2019s publications, and networking opportunities with AFE Trustees and the <a data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/ypc\/\" href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/ypc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Consejo de J\u00f3venes Profesionales<\/a> during Cultivate.<strong>Read about our recipient\u2019s experiences in their Cultivate reports below!<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AFE Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year Award Recipients: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2023<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/2023-paul-thomas-floriculture-production-intern-of-the-year-announced\/\"><strong>Emily Larsen, University of Wisconsin &#8211; River Falls<\/strong><\/a> (Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year), <a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/2023-paul-thomas-floriculture-production-intern-of-the-year-announced\/\"><strong>Hannah Kramer, Iowa State University<\/strong><\/a> (Honorable Mention), and<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/2023-paul-thomas-floriculture-production-intern-of-the-year-announced\/\">Zach Rosenkrans, Kansas State University<\/a><\/strong> (Honorable Mention)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2022<\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/2022-paul-thomas-interns-of-year\/\">Holly Barrus, University of Idaho, and William Billmeyer, Kirkwood Community College<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/HollyBarrus-Cultivate-Report.pdf\">Cultivate Report \u2013 Holly<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Will-Billmeyer-CultivateReport.pdf\">) (2022 Cultivate Report \u2013 William<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2021<\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/paul-thomas-intern-of-the-year-2021\/\">Sherman Hartman, Iowa State University<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Sherman-Cultivate-Report-2021.pdf\"> (2021 Cultivate Report<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2020<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/paul-thomas-intern-of-the-year-2020\/\">Renata Goossen, Kansas State University<\/a><\/strong> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Renata-AFE-Cultivate-Report.pdf\">2021 Cultivate Report<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Thomas served as Professor of Horticulture and Extension Floriculture Specialist at the University of Georgia from 1990 until he retired on August 31, 2019. He was a huge supporter of student internships and AFE\u2019s Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship program and helped mentor hundreds of students. After his retirement, he served as an Academic Ambassador for the Endowment, traveling to Universities and colleges to promote the internship program. He held this position only a few short weeks before he passed away.In a promotional video created with the help of Dr. Thomas about the Ball Internship program, he stated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think as faculty members, we owe it to the students to give them the opportunities that allow them to work and get the experience necessary to be competitive. Isn\u2019t that why we\u2019re here?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His passion and love for the floral industry and his students is the reason the Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Committee named this internship of the year in his honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u201cAFE administers nearly a dozen scholarships, provides grants, and oversees three internship programs.\u00a0It\u2019s exciting to recognize an outstanding student who has excelled with their internship, and to provide\u00a0them with an additional learning experience at Cultivate,\u201d<\/em> says Randy Tagawa, former chairman of the Vic &amp;\u00a0Margaret Ball Committee. <em>\u201cThese types of learning experiences for students is what Dr. Thomas was so\u00a0passionate about and makes this new award even more special.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information about the Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship Program, visit <a data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/internships\" style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: var(--serif);\" href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/internships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endowment.org\/internships<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: var(--serif);\">.<\/span><\/p><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>","protected":false},"template":"","news-categories":[50,31,29,44],"class_list":["post-4008","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-categories-internship","news-categories-latest-news","news-categories-news","news-categories-student"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AFE Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year Award - American Floral Endowment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has announced the Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year award. 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