Stoney Creek High School and Rochester High School Students Receive Awards
The Rochester Garden Club actively encourages environmental education in the community and awards annual college scholarships to promising students. Since the beginning of the scholarship program more than a decade ago, the club has awarded more than $60,000 to students from Rochester Community Schools. This year the club awarded two college scholarships to local graduates who want to pursue college level degrees in environmental studies.
Gayle Maurer Memorial Scholarship winner Irelyn Ankenbauer with parents Dawn and Matt
Irelyn Ankenbauer, a Stoney Creek graduate, will attend Michigan State University where she will study environmental sustainability. Irelyn is the recipient of the Gayle Maurer Memorial Scholarship. Gayle was well known throughout the Rochester community through her volunteer work and was an active, generous and beloved member of the Rochester Garden Club. “We are so happy to be able to offer this scholarship to Irelyn, which was made possible from the many memorial donations made to our club in honor of Gayle”, said Susan Gerrits, chairman of the Educational Committee for the club. “The Maurer family is honored to have their mother remembered in such a positive manner”.
Recipient of the Annual Renewable Award Alex Wylie with his mother Lisa
This year’s recipient of the Annual Renewable Award is Rochester High School student Alex Wylie, who will be starting his degree at Oakland Community College this fall, and hopes to springboard to a four-year university in a year or two. He loves being outdoors and wants to help preserve the natural world. Environmental science and landscape architecture are his passions. Club members will support Alex and the recipients from the prior three years throughout their undergraduate career. For more information, go to www.RochesterGardenClub.org
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