MONROE - The Green County Dairy Youth Recognition Auction Committee will present scholarships to qualifying youth who are an active member of 4-H or FFA in the dairy project in Green County.
Applications are due by Monday, April 30 and scholarship recipients will be announced in May.
To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicant must be a senior in high school or enrolled in post-secondary education of no more than one year past high school graduation. The scholarships will be awarded after the student has successfully completed one semester of study and has sent the committee proof of satisfactory completion.
Requirements include completing an application that asks applicants to list the dairy shows and other activities they have participated in. Agriculture and other dairy activities that the applicants have been involved in, such as dairy judging, dairy bowl and dairy promotions, as well as how the dairy industry has influenced them and their goals for the future will be considered when selecting the winners. These scholarships will be awarded to an individual one time, but the applicant may reapply if they do not receive the scholarship, as long as they are still are Green County dairy project members.
About $2,000 will be distributed and scholarship winners will be recognized at the Green County Fair during the Dairy Youth Recognition Auction.
More information is available by contacting Mark Mayer at the Green County University Extension office, 2841 6th St., Monroe; by telephone at (608) 328-9440 or by fax at (608) 328-9519. The application form, along with several others for local agriculture scholarships, is also available on the UW-Extension scholarship website at: www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/green/scholarships.html
Applications are due by Monday, April 30 and scholarship recipients will be announced in May.
To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicant must be a senior in high school or enrolled in post-secondary education of no more than one year past high school graduation. The scholarships will be awarded after the student has successfully completed one semester of study and has sent the committee proof of satisfactory completion.
Requirements include completing an application that asks applicants to list the dairy shows and other activities they have participated in. Agriculture and other dairy activities that the applicants have been involved in, such as dairy judging, dairy bowl and dairy promotions, as well as how the dairy industry has influenced them and their goals for the future will be considered when selecting the winners. These scholarships will be awarded to an individual one time, but the applicant may reapply if they do not receive the scholarship, as long as they are still are Green County dairy project members.
About $2,000 will be distributed and scholarship winners will be recognized at the Green County Fair during the Dairy Youth Recognition Auction.
More information is available by contacting Mark Mayer at the Green County University Extension office, 2841 6th St., Monroe; by telephone at (608) 328-9440 or by fax at (608) 328-9519. The application form, along with several others for local agriculture scholarships, is also available on the UW-Extension scholarship website at: www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/green/scholarships.html
