OFB Education Foundation Annoucnes Memorial Scholarship Recipients, June 4

The Oregon Farm Bureau Foundation for Education is pleased to announce the following (14) fourteen recipients of the Oregon Farm Bureau Memorial Scholarship.  This scholarship program is open to new and continuing full-time students (12 or more hours per quarter or the semester equivalent). Applicants must be an Oregon high school graduate or an Oregon home school graduate with a full year, 24 semester or 36 quarter hours, of completed college coursework documented by a transcript.  Homeschool graduates must also provide proof of parents Oregon residency.  Applicants must be preparing for a career in agriculture or forestry.  Additionally, children and grandchildren of voting members of OFB are eligible regardless of major.  Students attending institutions outside of Oregon are also eligible. The goal of the OFB Memorial Scholarship is to: “Support students that will have a positive impact on production agriculture and other agricultural related fields.” The following students from southwestern Oregon have been identified to receive a $1,500 scholarship (2): Quaid Quisenberry, Animal Science, California Polytechnic State University, Douglas County. The following students from southwestern Oregon have been identified to receive a $1,000 scholarship (12): Jack Isaenhart, Agribusiness Managment, Oregon State University, Coos County; Lily Wheaton, Animal Science/Rangeland Science, Umpqua Community College, Douglas County.