MADISON - The Midwest Food Processors Association is offering up to six $1,500 scholarships to undergraduate students who are majoring in agriculture or food science and attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Platteville or the UW-River Falls.
The six scholarships are offered under two programs created by the MWFPA in honor of leaders in the food processing industry. The Kenneth G. Weckel Scholarship is named for a University of Wisconsin food science professor who contributed greatly to the advancement of vegetable and fruit processing through his research and teaching. The other scholarship is named for Carleton A. Friday whose family founded the Friday Canning Company of New Richmond.
Applications are available through April by contacting MWFPA at 608-255-9946 or visiting www.mwfpa.org. Applications are due Wednesday, April 30. Scholarships will be awarded around Tuesday, May 20.
The six scholarships are offered under two programs created by the MWFPA in honor of leaders in the food processing industry. The Kenneth G. Weckel Scholarship is named for a University of Wisconsin food science professor who contributed greatly to the advancement of vegetable and fruit processing through his research and teaching. The other scholarship is named for Carleton A. Friday whose family founded the Friday Canning Company of New Richmond.
Applications are available through April by contacting MWFPA at 608-255-9946 or visiting www.mwfpa.org. Applications are due Wednesday, April 30. Scholarships will be awarded around Tuesday, May 20.
