Gateway Farm Expo Scholarship
Scholarship: Gateway Farm Expo Scholarship
Description: This is a $1,000 scholarship available to high school students continuing their education in an agriculture-related degree program.
To qualify for the scholarship, a student must meet the following criteria:
Plan to be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited, school or institution of higher learning for the following academic year.
Be pursuing a degree or certificate in agriculture, which may include Production Agriculture, Agri-Business, Ag Economics, and related fields.
Must be a current, graduating junior/senior or a student who has successfully completed home study at the level to enter college or who has received within the current calendar year a GED (Graduate Equivalent Degree) and be between the ages of 16 and 19.
Scholarship recipient selection shall be made from qualifying applicants based on the following criteria:
The submission and content of a 200-word essay or a two-minute video responding to the statement “Tell us about your passion for agriculture.”
Involvement in non-academic activities.
The receipt and content of two Statements of Character: one to be completed by a member of the applicant’s school administration; the other by an individual outside of the school system. Statements of Character shall not be immediate family members.
Submission of the applicant’s class transcript; for the purpose of reviewing the curriculum completed. Grades need not be a part of the transcript.
Application Deadline: March 31st
Applications can be emailed to gateway@farmexpo.org or mailed:
Kearney Farm Expo, Inc.
ATTN: Gateway Scholarship
PO Box 902
Kearney, NE 68848
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