Agriscience Education & Community Leadership Scholarships

Declared agricultural communication majors in the department who submit the CFAES scholarship application by February 15 will be eligible for the following scholarships.

Applications will be reviewed by the faculty in the department. Selected scholarship recipients will be invited to recieve their scholarship award at the annual banquet for the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership in April.

Agricultural Education Scholarship Fund
Income provides scholarships for juniors and seniors in Agricultural Education.

The Sue and Walt Bailey Endowed Scholarship
Supports at least two scholarships of equal amounts to be awarded annually to an undergraduate student majoring in Food Science and Nutrition and to an undergraduate student majoring in Agricultural Education. Preference shall be given to students from Ross County, Ohio, then those from Ohio, then Arizona, then California. Preference shall be given to students who do not receive federal student aid grants. Qualified applicants will have demonstrated academic achievement and involvement in student organizations.

Ralph E. Bender Scholarship Fund
Income provides a scholarship for a talented and needy entering freshman, with preference to agricultural education students.

Clyde and Crystal Beougher Endowed Scholarship in Agricultural Education
Income provides scholarships for worthy undergraduates in the college with a preference to agricultural education majors with outstanding academic achievement and/or leadership in extracurricular activities.

The Birkenholz Leadership Award Fund
Income provides a scholarship to an undergraduate student of senior standing majoring in agricultural education with first preference given to a student in the leadership option and second preference given to a student in the teaching option.

Stephen Brock Memorial Scholarship
Income provides scholarships for juniors or seniors majoring in agribusiness and applied economics or agricultural education, with preference to the Delta Theta Sigma fraternity members. Available in alternating years.

Albert B. Davis Agricultural Scholarship Fund
Income provides scholarships for needy undergraduates in agricultural education in the college with preference to residents of Noble, Guernsey, Tuscarawas, Muskingum, Fairfield, Pickaway, and Washington counties in Ohio.

E. Ivor Jones Endowed Scholarship Fund
Income provides support for an undergraduate or graduate student with a 3.00 GPA or better enrolled in Human and Community Resource Development engaged in the study and/or research of agricultural education.

James J. Kreglow Agricultural Education Scholarship Fund
Income provides undergraduate scholarships with preference to agricultural education majors.

Roger W. LeValley, D.D.S. Agricultural Education Endowment Fund
Income provides a scholarship to a student majoring in agricultural education, specifically in the teaching option who is a sophomore, junior, or senior.

Ruth and S. N. McIntosh Memorial Scholarship
Income provides scholarships for undergraduates in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences who are from Ohio or West Virginia. Preference for recipients are those students enrolled in the Department of Human and Community Resource Development with an emphasis on extension education.

OABA Agricultural Education Scholarship
Supports an undergraduate student in agricultural education with strong academic achievement, leadership skills, and interest in agribusiness sales/management.

Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Agricultural Education Scholarship
Supports undergraduate students in agricultural education with interest in youth development programs.

The Carl E. Pickering Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund in Human and Community Resource Development
Supports a scholarship for an entering freshman student enrolled in agricultural education who demonstrates both academic achievement and financial need.

Alice Lucile Russel Scholarship Fund
Income provides undergraduate scholarships in agricultural education and Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, with preference to students from Belmont or Champaign counties.

The Smucker Leaders Scholarship Fund
Income provides undergraduate scholarships to students pursuing a minor in Leadership Studies in the Department of Agricultural Communications, Education and Leadership.

Jo and Warren Weiler Scholarship Fund in Agricultural Education
Income provides scholarships and leadership awards for worthy and needy undergraduate agricultural education majors in the college based on leadership and service in agriculture with emphasis on the Agricultural Education Society and with the intention to teach agricultural education in the high school. Junior or senior rank is required when the scholarship is received along with high scholastic achievement.

Pat R. and Melena S. Whittington Undergraduate Teacher Education Scholarship Fund
Income provides support for at least one scholarship for an undergraduate student majoring in the Teacher Education preparation option in Agricultural and Extension Education in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.