WRLS Activities

The WRLS is organized for educational and scientific purposes, and especially to promote, encourage, and foster the development and improvement of the genus Lilium and public interest therein.

Our interest in education goes beyond our membership and viewers of this web site. WRLS sponsors annual scholarships to students in selected educational institutions. The scholarships are in the amount of $300 each. The institutions which currently award these WRLS scholarships include at present:

Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, WI USA
- 2001 - Chad V. Prissel
University of Wisconsin - River Falls, River Falls, WI USA
- 2001 - Melanie Wells
- 2000 - Chad Miller
- 1998 - Carolynn Rupnow, Monroe, WI Major: Horticulture Minor: Art
Rice Lake & Cumberland High School, WI USA (only one awarded)
- In memory of WRLS member Ricki Jacobs of Rice Lake, WI.
- 1999 - no one qualified

Qualifications
To be eligible to receive a WRLS scholarship the student must meet these qualifications:

Must be enrolled as a student in good standing at one of the institutions listed above.
Must be persuing an interest in horticulture or related area.

Selection of the recipient is done by the awarding institution. These scholarships are financed from income derived from WRLS activities, primarily the bulb sales.