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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

 

Internships for Undergraduates

Horticulture/Landscape Horticulture students may arrange through their advisor to enroll in HORT 487, Internship, and engage in off-campus professional work for one semester, earning credits toward their degree while receiving on-the-job experience. During recent years, horticulture and landscape horticulture students have participated in this program working in nurseries and greenhouses, in the CSU Extension Service, with seed companies, landscape contractors and other commercial firms, and in research. Internship information may be obtained from the office staff in 111 Shepardson.
 

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Students are encouraged to seek information concerning scholarships and other financial aid for which they may be eligible. Not all scholarships are based on need, and many are defined as to major, class standing, residence,
4-H experience, etc. Contact the Financial Aid Office, Room 103, Administration Annex Building 970-491-6321 or go on-line at www.sfs.colostate.edu for university scholarship information and http://www.agsci.colostate.edu/students/scholarship.html for College of Agricultural Sciences scholarship information.

 

Work-Study Program and Departmental Employment

The work-study program provides part-time, on-campus employment for students with documented financial and/or merit-based need. Work-study applications must be completed during the spring of the preceding year, and students must reapply for each succeeding year. Students who wish to begin the program in the spring semester must apply as early in the fall semester as possible. If you have been awarded either federal or merit work-study funding, please see the department for available job positions or complete the application form. For more information, contact the coordinator, Janeen Sivon, Office of Student Employment, Room 133, Student Services Building, phone 970-491-5714. In addition to the work-study program, there are limited employment opportunities in departmental laboratories, greenhouses, and studios. For other University-wide employment, contact the Office of Student Employment at the address given above.
 

Landscape Architecture

Students are informed of apprenticeship opportunities through the faculty / professional network and notices posted in the studios. It is typical that students would find both paid and / or volunteer apprenticeships with public agencies and private firms throughout the northern Front Range cities and counties.
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