UAF student receives National Garden Clubs grant scholarship

May 30, 2012

Marmian Grimes

School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences student Nathan Heeringa has earned a National Garden Clubs scholarship of $3,500.

The scholarship is for students majoring in fields related to horticulture and the environment.

Heeringa, who grew up in Bellingham, Wash., on a small family dairy farm, moved to Fairbanks in 2006 to enroll in the natural resources management program, emphasizing high latitude agriculture.

Heeringa is researching the effects of terracing on the soil quality of a Fairbanks area loess soil for his senior thesis project. He plans to graduate next spring and continue to live in Alaska, working in the natural resources management field.

The National Garden Clubs awarded 35 scholarships across the nation.