AMES, Iowa (October 31, 2017) - The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University has awarded more than 2,250 scholarships to students for the 2017-18 academic year. The college and its departments award more than $3 million in scholarships each year. Students interested in applying for scholarships should go to https://www.scholarships.cals.iastate.edu for more information and deadlines. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has the third largest undergraduate student body among agricultural colleges in the nation with 5,333 students. Enrollment is 62 percent higher than 10 years ago. Along with strong scholarship support for freshmen, transfer students and current undergraduate and graduate students, the college continues to attract a record number of students and maintain high placement rates for its graduates. In October, the college's Agriculture and Life Sciences Career Day attracted 265 companies and organizations. The fall career day is the largest of its kind in the nation. Placement of the college's graduates has been 97 percent or higher for 19 consecutive years. The college also: * has ranked in the top 10 agricultural colleges in the world four of the last five years. * has nationally recognized faculty - two professors were elected in 2015 to the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and since 2006, nine professors have been honored with USDA national awards for excellence in teaching food and agricultural sciences. * has an Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative that has produced several student start-up companies, one of which earned the 2015 American Farm Bureau Federation Entrepreneur of the Year. * has a study abroad program that has sent students to study on all seven continents. * has award-winning student clubs that help develop global leaders, including best-in-the-nation-honored clubs and judging teams in agricultural business and turfgrass management. Scholarship awards for the 2017-18 academic year were presented to: -30- HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, SCHOLARSHIP
Annawan, IL Kylie Vandersnick, Portia A. Goke Scholarship in Memory of Alvin W. Goke Bettendorf, IA Samuel Frantz, Joseph Fleming Endowment Jacqueline Klindt, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean’s Study Abroad Leadership Scholars Scholarship Jacqueline Klindt, Creger Brothers Farm Scholarship Grant Nickles, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Blue Grass, IA Anna Brooks, Fred Foreman Scholarship for Growth in Leadership Participation Charlotte, IA Hunter Bielenberg, C.R. Musser/ISU Agricultural Endowment Transfer Scholarship Clinton, IA Rebecca Lyons, Iowa Farm Bureau Scholarship Jessica Riojas, Fred W. Koester Memorial Scholarship Davenport, IA Bradley Belz, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Anna Fleming, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Emily Forrest, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Rachel Garlock, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Cole Neese, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Lena Nguyen, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Bailey Tuttle, Fejervary Fund Scholarship Alice Walker, Fejervary Fund Scholarship Madison Walker, Fejervary Trust Scholarship DeWitt, IA Claire Campbell, Fred Foreman Scholarship for Growth in Leadership Participation Dixon, IA Hannah Garland, Agriculture General Scholarship Donahue, IA Kelsey Karnish, Fejervary Fund Scholarship Eldridge, IA Laura Thoeming, John Lodge & Joyce (Wilson) Shugart Family Endowed Scholarship in Agriculture Grand Mound, IA Amanda Gorzney, John Wesley Coles and Eda Coles Scholarship in Agriculture Illinois City, IL Brianna Gorham, Scholarship for Excellence in Agriculture and Life Sciences Long Grove, IA Hannah Kroeger, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Milan, IL Lindsay Mack, Fred Foreman Scholarship for Growth in Leadership Participation Moline, IL Matthew Blair, Joseph Fleming Endowment Scholarship Muscatine, IA Anna Drahos, Rice Estate Scholarship Chelsea Harris, Blossom Brandt Agricultural Endowment Scholarship Alyssa Scholz, Land O'Lakes Scholarship for Women & Minorities in Agriculture New Liberty, IA Bailey Steffen, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Princeton, IA Courtney Martens, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Kyle O'neill, Fejervary Trust Scholarship Stockton, IA Chloe Hagen, Portia A. Goke Scholarship in Memory of Alvin W. Goke Walcott, IA Derek Golinghorst, Joseph Fleming Endowment Scholarship Dayna Kraklio, C.R. Musser/ISU Agricultural Endowment Freshman Scholarship Wilton, IA Kyle Lafrenz, Charles C. and Phyllis J. Persinger Alpha Gamma Rho Scholarship Gavin Meyer, Homer K. Hansen AGR Scholarship
