St. Jean Earns 2025 Thriving Together Presidential Award
This award recognizes Rollins community members for their exceptional efforts and achievements to foster a thriving campus community in which everyone has an opportunity to gain knowledge, achieve, grow, and flourish.
May 28, 2025
Zari St. Jean, Rollins greenhouse manager, is the recipient of the 2025 Thriving Together Presidential Award. Her role has allowed her to think outside the box to expand our campus and community understanding of and access to the greenhouse as an effective use for teaching, engagement, and outreach.
St. Jean’s nominators share, “In her brief time at Rollins, Zari reimagined the use of the campus greenhouse and gardens to serve as an interdivisional resource for campus and expand access and opportunity for community partners and youth in Central Florida. Existing programs such as Upward Bound and the new Horti-helpers program, which was created by Zari, are just a few of the groups that have been influenced through mentorship and understanding the importance of community outreach and access for underrepresented communities to have a safe space to learn new things.”
The award recipient will receive an engraved plaque, a monetary award, and additional recognitions in the spring.
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