Farm Credit College Agriculture Scholarships
Farm Credit Services of Illinois will be presenting twenty-five $1,000 “We Understand” Agriculture Scholarships to current high school seniors. Applicants must be college-bound high school seniors who are pursuing agriculture-related curriculum and careers.
“Farm Credit is proud to invest in young people who have a passion for agriculture. We need some of the brightest of today’s youth to become tomorrow’s agricultural leaders,” says Dave Owens, Farm Credit Services of Illinois President & C.E.O. “The ‘We Understand’ Agriculture Scholarship program promotes the positive opportunities of exploring careers in the agriculture industry – including production agriculture.” Scholarship selections are based on a combination of academic achievement, participation and leadership in school and community organizations, and the applicant’s commitment level to an agricultural career.
To be eligible, scholarship applicants must be high school seniors who plan to enroll in a college or university during the fall 2011 semester and who will be pursuing an agriculture-related academic major or career. Applicants must reside in one of the sixty southern counties in Illinois served by Farm Credit Services of Illinois. The scholarship application deadline is February 28, 2011.
Applications for the “We Understand” Agriculture Scholarships are available at the 20 Farm Credit Services of Illinois branch offices and on-line at www.fcsillinois.com/scholarships.html. Questions about the scholarship can be sent to info@fcsillinois.com.
Farm Credit is pleased to confirm that the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences has offered a $1,000 scholarship match to any 2011 “We Understand” Agriculture Scholar who enrolls in the College of ACES this fall. A $1,000 scholarship match from the College of ACES would be applied to the student’s Spring 2012 account at the University of Illinois.
This is the eighth year of the “We Understand” Agriculture Scholarship program. More than $110,000 of college scholarships has been awarded by Farm Credit to 136 different “We Understand” Agriculture Scholars since 2004.
Farm Credit Services of Illinois is a farmer owned and directed agricultural lending cooperative with $2.8 billion of assets. They provide competitive farm financing and deliver crop insurance expertise to 8,000 farm families, agribusinesses, and rural landowners in the southern 60 counties of Illinois. The mission of the U.S. Farm Credit System is to provide financial capital and financial services to agriculture and Rural America.
Approximate scholarship value:
$
1000
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