Ohio State student receives Shinoda Scholar of the Year award

Amy Miller. Photo courtesy of the Shinoda Foundation Amy Miller, a senior majoring in horticulture at The Ohio State University, is the recipient of the 2014-15 Shinoda Scholar of the Year award.

“Scholar of the Year awardees represent an elite class in horticulture,” said Bob Otsuka, president of the Shinoda Foundation, which was established in 1964 under the auspices of the California State Florists’ Association in memory of the late Joseph Shinoda, a highly regarded pioneer of that state’s floral industry. “Amy and students like her will drive growth for the industry in the years to come.”

A 22-year-old senior from Dalton, Ohio, Miller is majoring in sustainable plant systems with a concentration in horticulture and a minor in agribusiness. She plans to pursue a career in plant breeding after obtaining a master’s degree.

Miller has received many prestigious scholarships and awards and is active in a number of extracurricular activities such as the Crops and Soils Club, Pi Alpha Xi and Gamma Sigma Delta, as well as serving as vice president of the Landscape and Floriculture Forum. She is also a member of the Ohio Landscape Association, the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association, the Perennial Plant Association and AmericanHort.

This year the Shinoda Foundation Board of Trustees awarded eight scholarships totaling $13,500, plus grants to colleges and universities of $1,350, for a total of $14,850. Since 1965, The Shinoda Foundation has awarded more than $790,000 in scholarships to 660 students.

For more, visit www.shinodascholarship.org