TOCA Offers $2,500 Scholarship

The Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) Foundation urges college undergraduate students pursuing a career in green industry communications to apply for its $2,500 scholarship. Potential careers include working for trade publications, newsletters or companies/marketing agencies that promote the golf course, lawn and landscape, sod and nursery/greenhouse, sports turf or maintenance industries.

TOCA scholarship eligibility includes majoring or minoring in communications or a green industry-related field in a two- or four-year program at institutions that offer turf management curriculums and communications. Typical majors include horticulture, plant sciences, botany, agronomy or plant pathology. Applicants must have an overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or more and a 3.0 GPA in the major area of study (based on a 4.0 scale).

The TOCA scholarship application and supplemental materials must be combined within one PDF file and sent via e-mail by March 15, 2019. Click here for TOCA scholarship instructions and requirements.

For further information, contact the TOCA office at 952-758-6340 or toca@gandgcomm.com.

The Publishers’ Scholarship is supported by Golf Course Management, Total Landscape Care, GIE Media, Moose River Media, North Coast Media, Southcomm Media, Arbor Age, OPEI, Landscape and Irrigation, SportsTurf magazines and TurfNet.com.