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The Michigan Chapter ASLA Foundation was created to provide scholarships, grants, and aid to students from historically underserved demographics pursuing a career in landscape architecture to further their educational endeavors.

We thank you for your support and generosity

2024 DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION SCHOLARSHIP
The Michigan Chapter ASLA Foundation is happy to announce that applications for the 2024 DEI Scholarship are now open.

ELIGIBILE CANDIDATES:

  • Be of Black/African American, Hispanic, Alaskan Native, American Indian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander descent.

  • Be a current undergraduate or graduate student in an accredited Landscape Architecture program in Michigan​

  • Have attended a high school in, and graduated from, a high school in the State of Michigan. Submit a high school transcript or copy of your diploma.​

  • Be an enrolled student when scholarship award is applied to tuition in the fall of 2024.


APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

  • Resumé and cover letter.

  • College transcripts or a letter from the Academic Advisor stating your current GPA and that you are in good academic standing.

  • Essay that answers the following: "What inspired you to pursue landscape architecture?" (1,000 words max).

  • Two references. At least one reference shall include a college professor from the Landscape Architecture program in which the student is enrolled.

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HOW TO APPLY:

Email dei@michiganasla.org in order to request a link to upload the submission materials outlined above.  

Applicants are encouraged to request a link prior to 5:00pm on January 12, 2024.

The Michigan Chapter ASLA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship 2023
Congratulations to this years scholarship awardees Christina Contreras of the University of Michigan and Nicholas Gattoni of Michigan State University!

The Michigan Chapter ASLA Foundation Board

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Kyle Verseman
President

SuLin Kotowicz
Treasurer

Position Open
Secretary

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Stephanie Onwenu
Officer

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Chester Hill
Officer

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Wendy Fry
Officer

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If you would like to donate, online donations are now available here. You can also send a check to the following:

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For more information, email Kyle Verseman at kylev@landscapeforms.com. Please email dei-finance@michiganasla.org, if you have any questions.

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Michigan Chapter ASLA Foundation

P.O. Box 55

Byron Center, MI   49315

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