Desiree Pinkerton, a junior at Kent State University at Salem, received a $1,000 scholarship from the Greater Cleveland Flower Association.
Pinkerton lives in East Liverpool and is earning her bachelor’s degree in horticulture with a 3.6 GPA. She is active with the Horticulture Club and is a student worker with the grounds crew, helping to maintain and winterize the landscape across the 98-acre campus.
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Photo: Chris Carlson, associate professor of horticulture technology and biological sciences at Kent State University’s Salem Campus, with horticulture student Desiree Pinkerton.