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"At The Heart Of A Growing America" 1st Farm Credit Services is pleased to offer our "At The Heart Of A Growing America" Agricultural Scholarship Program. These scholarships are designed to assist deserving high school seniors to further their education in an agriculture or agriculture-related field of study, and to help promote agriculture as a growing field of career opportunities. Program Provides up to 23 individual $1,000 scholarships within the 42-county service territory of 1st Farm Credit Services. Eligibility Graduating high school seniors who have been accepted into an agriculture or agriculture-related curriculum at a university, college or community college and either reside or attend high school within 1st Farm Credit Services service territory.* Children or grandchildren of current 1st Farm Credit Services directors or employees are not eligible to apply. Selection Criteria Selection will be based on a combination of academic achievement, community and agricultural youth organization involvement and brief essays. Applications will be judged by a panel of independent agribusiness, education, youth and farm organization leaders. Application Information Qualifying students may obtain an application online (pdf or Word format), or through a local 1st Farm Credit Services office. Application deadline is February 15, 2008. Please return completed application, typed essays, high school transcripts, and a recent photo (head and shoulder preferred -- with name printed on back) to a local 1st Farm Credit Services office, or mail directly to:
Karen Walters Normal, IL 61761 Please allow five days for mail delivery.
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