Good News!  The Phillip M. Fields Scholarship is now worth $3,000 to some deserving student!
The South Carolina Aquatic Plant Management Society is seeking applications for its annual Phillip M. Fields Scholarship Award. The Society intends to award a $3,000 scholarship to the successful applicant in the fall of 2010. Scholarship funds may be used by the recipient to cover costs associated with education and research expenses. Eligible applicants must be enrolled as full time undergraduate or graduate students in an accredited college or university in the United States. Course work or research in an area related to the biology, ecology or management of aquatic plants in the Southeast is also required.

Amanda Rotella from Coastal Carolina University was the award winner for 2009 with research titled "The Growth and Distribution of Water Hyacinth in a Tidal Blackwater River System, SC"

West Bishop and Justin Nawrocki each earned $2000 for 2008 as there was again a tie for the scholarship . Sara True, NC State and Joshua Cheshier, Mississippi State shared the $3000 prize for the 2007 Phillip M. Fields Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a student who is researching an area related to the biology, ecology or management of aquatic plants in the Southeast.

2009 Annual Meeting Student Presentations:

• Evaluation of Water Exchange Patterns and Granular Fluridone Applications in Lake Gaston - Justin Nawrocki- NCSU
• Comparison of Laboratory and Field Responses of Lyngbya magnifica to Similar Algaecide Eexposures - West Bishop – Clemson
• Bioavailability of Gold Nanoparticles to a Rooted, Submerged and Free Floating Aquatic Vascular Plant - Brad Glenn – Clemson
• Beach Vitex Response to Herbicides - Sarah True – NCSU
• Evaluation of Aminocyclopyrachlor (DPX-DJM44/DPX-MAT28) for Aquatic Plant Management - Trevor Israel – NCSU
• Preliminary Investigation of the Ecological and Toxicological Constraints on the Breeding   Ecology of Lesser Flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor) at Kamfers Dam, Kimberley, South Africa - Lindsay Moore – Clemson
• Watermeal Control with Flumioxazin and Other Herbicides - Rory Roten -  NCSU
• Responses of Tobacco and Turfgrass to Herbicides in Irrigation Water - Sherrie Emerine – NCSU
• Development of a Pocket Weed ID Guide for Aquatic Weeds in the Carolinas - Bridget Lassiter – NCSU
• A Novel Method of Nuisance Algae Control by Immobilized Microalgae - James Herrin – UGA
• Responses of Microcystis to Laboratory Exposures of Algaecides - Brenda Johnson – Clemson

Applications must be received no later than May 1, 2010 and will be evaluated on the basis of relevant test scores (ACT, SAT, GRE, etc.), high school and/or college grades, quality and relevance of course work or research, a proposed budget, information obtained from references, and other related considerations. Other factors being equal, preference will be given to applicants enrolled in Southeastern and South Carolina academic institutions. The successful applicant may be requested to present an oral report on research activities at the annual meeting of the Society. Additionally, Howard B. Roach Student Paper Awards are also given for papers presented at the SCAPMS annual meeting. Congratulation to all the students who participated this year.

Scholarship Application

Persons interested in applying for the scholarship award or to submit a student paper should contact:

Steve deKozlowski
SC Dept. of Natural Resources
PO Box 167, Rembert C. Dennis Bldg
Columbia, SC 29201
phone (803) 734-9100
E-mail:dekozlowskis@dnr.sc.gov

President-Larry Feller

Member of the Year-
John Rodgers