Georgia Farm Bureau offering $60K in ag scholarships
·Oct 8, 2016
The Georgia Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is offering up to $60,500 in scholarships to Georgia students pursuing degrees related to agriculture, veterinary medicine, family and consumer sciences and related fields, said John Archer, president of the Gwinnett County Farm Bureau president.
Since 1959, GFB has awarded scholarships to students entering college with plans to pursue careers in agriculture or family and consumer sciences. In 2016, the GFB Foundation expanded the scholarship program to offer scholarships to rising college juniors and seniors, technical college students and veterinary college students. In 2017, GFB will award scholarships in the following four categories:
• Scholarship for Agriculture— This scholarship is for high school students who plan to enter colleges that are part of the University System of Georgia, Berry College or Emmanuel College during the 2017-18 academic year to pursue an undergraduate degree in agricultural and environmental sciences, family and consumer sciences or a related agricultural field. The GFB Foundation will award five scholarships of $3,000 each and seven scholarships of $1,500 each.
• Technical College Scholarship for Agriculture— This scholarship is for high school students who plan to enroll in Georgia accredited technical colleges and who will be majoring in an area of agriculture or agriculturally related fields of study. The GFB Foundation will award 10 scholarships of $1,000 each.
• Rising College Junior/Senior Scholarship for Agriculture — This scholarship is for college students who have at least two semesters of college work remaining to receive undergraduate degrees from a unit of The University System of Georgia, Berry College or Emmanuel College and are majoring in agriculture and environmental sciences, family and consumer sciences or related agriculture fields. The GFB Foundation will award 10 scholarships of $2,000 each.
• UGA College of Veterinary Medicine Scholarship— This scholarship is for students currently enrolled in the UGA Veterinary Medicine program specializing in large animal/food animal practice. The GFB Foundation will award two scholarships of $2,500 each.
“I encourage all students who qualify for one of the Georgia Farm Bureau scholarships to apply,” Archer said. “Agriculture offers many exciting career opportunities. Both farmers and consumers depend on the many jobs agriculture creates from Cooperative Extension agents to food quality control managers who inspect our food to make sure it’s safe.”
The deadline to apply for all of the scholarships isFeb. 3. Applications and scholarship eligibility requirements may be obtained from the Gwinnett County Farm Bureau office or downloaded at the GFB Foundation for Agriculture website atwww.gfbfoundation.org.
The scholarship recipients will be announced in spring 2017, and the scholarships will be distributed in the summer of 2017.
Georgia Farm Bureau is the state’s largest general farm organization. Its volunteer members actively participate in local, district and state activities that promote agricultural awareness to their non-farming neighbors.
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