Jacobsen awarded more than 30 college students in turfgrass management programs with $500 scholarships. Recipients were notified by Jacobsen on July 1, 2012.

Candidates from across the United States and Canada submitted essays and professor recommendations for consideration. The final list included students from 23 different schools, including large universities like The Ohio State University, Colorado State University and Kansas State University to smaller schools like Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Georgia and Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, Canada.

“Your scholarship contribution is helping me make my goals more achievable,” said Darrell Michael, rising senior at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. “Going into my last year at college, I will be able to finish off my college career on the right foot.”