The National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation is once again awarding scholarships and just announced their 2011 recipients. Here they are.
Selected for the Glenn Kummerow Memorial Scholarship of $5,000 is Carah Hart of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Carah is a junior, majoring in Agricultural Journalism, and has been patiently awaiting the year when she could apply for the scholarship—as she’s dreamed for some time of becoming
a Farm Director for a Midwest station or network.
Columbia University Graduate Student, Nathan Vickers, is a recipient of one of two $4,000 scholarships. Nathan plans to graduate from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York in June of 2012. He received his undergraduate degree in Communications/Journalism from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri.
Nathan’s family farm roots run deep in Southwest Missouri and he is excited about the prospect of applying his hard-work ethic toward his goal of becoming an ag journalist on the national stage.
The Foundation’s second $4,000 awardee is Texas Tech Junior Lauren Bogel. Lauren, who is majoring in Agricultural Communications, grew up on her family crop farm and cattle and horse ranch in New Mexico.
When she is home she works with the family company to manage and maintain farm equipment, and also has her own detailing business. During her time at Texas Tech, she has worked with Ramar Communications and Ag Talk 950 in Lubbock, getting experience in reporting, writing, sales, editing, scheduling and research.
You can read more about these scholarship recipients in the NAFB Foundation newsletter (pdf).