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| Marie Arnaud, right, of the Charleston chapter of the French Alliance, congratulates Eleis Lester on her selection for the horticultural internship in Paris. |
Eleis Lester, a horticulture student at Trident Technical College, has been selected for a gardening internship this summer in Paris at the Garden of Bagatelle, an 18th-century landscaped park and chateau.
Eleis is the fourth TTC student to participate in the internship sponsored by Magnolia Plantation and Gardens and the French Heritage Society in Paris. The local program, established in 2011, also receives support from the Alliance Française de Charleston.
She said Magnolia and the Alliance Française “together have created one of the most unique learning experience in our region, and I am delighted to represent Charleston in France this summer. The best learning happens in new places with new people. I can’t wait!”
Eleis earned a double degree in the history of mathematics and science and ancient Greek and French in 2000 at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Md. The internship at Bagatelle, Eleis said, will give her an opportunity “to combine a life-long intuitive love of plants with a mathematical understanding of their behavior and preferences.”
Tony Bertauski, Horticulture Program coordinator at Trident, gave Lester high marks, calling her desire to learn “second to none.” Outside of the classroom, Tony said Eleis volunteers at Hampton Park and participates in the Lowcountry Native Plant Society.
Eleis is the fourth TTC student to participate in the internship sponsored by Magnolia Plantation and Gardens and the French Heritage Society in Paris. The local program, established in 2011, also receives support from the Alliance Française de Charleston.
She said Magnolia and the Alliance Française “together have created one of the most unique learning experience in our region, and I am delighted to represent Charleston in France this summer. The best learning happens in new places with new people. I can’t wait!”
Eleis earned a double degree in the history of mathematics and science and ancient Greek and French in 2000 at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Md. The internship at Bagatelle, Eleis said, will give her an opportunity “to combine a life-long intuitive love of plants with a mathematical understanding of their behavior and preferences.”
Tony Bertauski, Horticulture Program coordinator at Trident, gave Lester high marks, calling her desire to learn “second to none.” Outside of the classroom, Tony said Eleis volunteers at Hampton Park and participates in the Lowcountry Native Plant Society.
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| The Garden of Bagatelle |
Eleis is no stranger to programs offered by Magnolia to assist student who are interested in horticulture. She also received the Archibald Grimke' Scholarship from the Magnolia Foundation last year. The TTC Foundation scholarship is named for 19th century attorney, journalist and diplomat Archibald Grimké. Born into slavery in 1849 on a Lowcountry rice plantation, Grimké was one of the first black students enrolled in the Harvard Law School. He was a cousin of the Rev. John Grimké Drayton, who in 1870 opened Magnolia's gardens as Charleston's first tourist attraction.
When Eleis was selected for the Grimké scholarship, she said, it will “allow me to enroll in classes that I could not otherwise afford as well as purchase important books and resources that will be vital to my career. Upon graduating, I hope to work in the public sector, helping municipalities design and maintain public spaces with a focus on native plants and sustainable practices."
Eleis is scheduled to graduate this spring.
Other TTC students selected for the internship are: Kathrine Reeves White, 2011; John W. Odom III, 2015 and Ashley Wiggins, 2017.
When Eleis was selected for the Grimké scholarship, she said, it will “allow me to enroll in classes that I could not otherwise afford as well as purchase important books and resources that will be vital to my career. Upon graduating, I hope to work in the public sector, helping municipalities design and maintain public spaces with a focus on native plants and sustainable practices."
Eleis is scheduled to graduate this spring.
Other TTC students selected for the internship are: Kathrine Reeves White, 2011; John W. Odom III, 2015 and Ashley Wiggins, 2017.
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