Louisiana Farm Bureau Foundation
SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESS STORY: This Week in Louisiana Agriculture Host Michael Danna tells us how a Louisiana Farm Bureau Foundation Scholarship helped a Natchitoches science teacher pursue a career in a field close to her roots.
The Louisiana Farm Bureau Foundation is a tax-exempt foundation created to support students pursuing careers in agriculture. The foundation awards several deserving students with scholarships annually.
Since the first two scholarships were awarded in 1993, the Louisiana Farm Bureau Foundation has awarded 105 scholarships -- for a total of $149,500 -- to assist graduating seniors in their first year of college.
In 2012 we will award ten $1,500 scholarships to applications nominated by the parish Farm Bureaus. Six of these scholarships will be awarded to the highest scoring applicants based on grade point average, ACT scores, individual achievement in high school, participation in parish and state Farm Bureau activities and financial need. The four additional scholarship winners will be decided in a random drawing from our remaining parish winners.
2012 Scholarship Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better for 4 years of high school.
- Applicants must be graduating from high school in the spring of 2012.
- Applicants must attend an accredited college or university in Louisiana during the fall and spring semesters immediately following his or her graduation from high school.
- Applicants must pursue a curriculum in agriculture, vocational agriculture, agribusiness, agriscience, home economics or other curriculum directly benefiting the agricultural sector of Louisiana’s economy.
- A scholarship winner must earn a grade point average of 2.5 or better during his or her first semester of college and maintain a major course of study in agriculture for the second semester in order to receive the second half of the scholarship award.
If you qualify, obtain an application from your local Farm Bureau office, complete it and return it to the same office. Each parish will select one applicant to be submitted for consideration as a state winner.
2012 scholarship applications must be submitted to your local Farm Bureau office by February 29, 2012.
For more information, contact Marsha Lieux by e-mail or phone at 225-922-6240.
2011 Scholarship Winners
Wesley Hayes, Allen
Emily Manuel, Beauregard
Joshua Denison, Calcasieu
David Fontenot, Evangeline
Issac Moore, Jackson
Joel Berken, Jeff Davis
Savannah Tyler, Lincoln
Alan Haynes, Morehouse
William Strahan, Sabine
Brittany Shuff, St. Tammany
Resources
2012 Scholarship Brochure
