Urbandale, Iowa
January 4, 2008
The Iowa Soybean Association
(ISA) is looking for qualified candidates to apply for its
agriculture scholarships. ISA will award up to $20,000 this year
through the ISA Ag Scholarship Program; it will be presented in
as many as ten $2,000 scholarships to capable high school
seniors pursuing a degree in agriculture or an
agriculture-related field.
“Being able to provide graduating high school students with
these scholarships shows that the Iowa Soybean Association is
looking at providing agriculture a continuing pool of potential
young leaders,” says Curt Sindergard, ISA president. “Our
ability to increase these scholarships over the last few years
also shows that those individuals and companies who help support
our scholarship fund believe in the future of agriculture in
Iowa.”
High school seniors interested in applying for an ISA
scholarship must be Iowa residents and be attending any
ag-related college or university. Other criteria include: an
accumulated GPA of at least 3.0, community involvement,
leadership, future plans in agriculture, a short essay regarding
the student’s role in the future of agriculture, and three
letters of recommendation. Preference will be given to those
applicants whose parents or grandparents are or become ISA
members.
Those students who would like to apply should contact their
guidance counselors for more information or log on to ISA’s Web
site at www.iasoybeans.com for a downloadable scholarship
application and complete list of criteria.
ISA Ag Scholarship Program applications must be postmarked no
later than March 1, 2008. Scholarship winners will be announced
April 15, 2008.
Completed applications can be mailed to Mary Whitcomb, Iowa
Soybean Association, 4554 114th St., Urbandale, IA 50322-5410.
For more information about the Iowa Soybean Association Ag
Scholarship Program, please call Mary Whitcomb at the ISA office
at 800-383-1423.
To learn more about ISA, visit its Web site at
www.iasoybeans.com.
The Iowa Soybean Association develops policies and programs
that help farmers expand profit opportunities while promoting
environmentally sensitive production using the soybean checkoff
and other resources. The Association is governed by an elected
volunteer board of 21 farmers.
Not funded by the soybean checkoff |
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