Association of Women in Agriculture Alumni award 20 scholarships

Wisconsin State Farmer

MADISON - The Association of Women in Agriculture (AWA) awarded 20 scholarships totaling over $11,000 to active undergraduate AWA members on April 14.

The Association of Women in Agriculture Alumni awarded scholarships to the following students: Womenscholarship winners. The people in the picture are: (back row from left) Elizabeth Sarbacker, Noelle Austin, Stephanie Thiel, Molly Hendrickson, Emma Olstad, Kate Vickerman, Rebecca Shilts, Jessica Wendt, Amber Dammen and Ciera Ballmer. Middle row (from left) Brooke Trustem, Julia Oelke, Maddy Selner, Brooke Moore, Riley Miler, Rachel Tries, Rachel Gerbitz and Stephanie Hoff. Front row (from left) Keisha Verbeten, Emily Franke, Summer Henschel and Emily Matzke.

Dr. Larry Satter Memorial scholarship—Brooke Moore, a Food Science major, Gratiot, Wis.; Molly Hendrickson, Life Sciences Communication, Hollandale, Wis.; Emma Olstad, Dairy Science, Stoughton, Wis.; and Madeline Selner, Life Sciences Communication and English Language and Linguistics, Denmark, Wis.

Dr. David Dickson Memorial scholarship—Riley Miller, Dairy Science, Evansville, Wis.

Delma Woodburn Memorial scholarship—Stephanie Thiel, Food Science, Plymouth, Wis.

Cynthia Benevenga Memorial—Rebecca Shilts, Dairy Science, Orfordville, Wis.

Nicole Bangart Memorial Scholarship—Kate Vickerman, a Genetics and Life
Sciences Communication, Milton, Wis..

Kelsey Olson Memorial scholarship—Elizabeth Sarbacker, Dairy Science, Verona, Wis.

AWA House Resident scholarships—Noelle Austin, Pre-Pharmacy, Belleville, Wis.; Julia Oelke, Genetics, Merrill, Wis.; and Summer Henschel, Dairy Science, Elkhart Lake, Wis.

AWA Active Member scholarships—Rachel Gries, Dairy Science, Manitowoc, Wis.; Emily Franke, Dairy Science, Oakfield, Wis.; Rachel Gerbitz, Dairy Science and Life Sciences Communication, Eau Claire, Wis.; Keisha Verbeten, a Dairy Science and Agronomy, Wrightstown, Wis. Brooke Trustem, Dairy Science, Evansville, Wis.; and Stephanie Hoff, Life Sciences Communication,Thorp, Wis.

Three $1,000 scholarships, provided in support by the Daughters of Demeter—Amber Dammen, Dairy Science and Life Sciences Communication, Argyle, Wis.; Ciera Ballmer, Dairy Science, Janesville, Wis.; and Emily Matzke, Animal Science and Life Sciences Communication, Sauk Prairie, Wis.

Awarded for the first time this year, the Grateful Badger scholarship was presented to Jessica Wendt, Agricultural Business Management, Stoughton, WI. This award will rotate each year between AWA and Alpha Gamma Rho-Iota (AGR). This scholarship
is made possible by AWA and AGR alumni, Krista Knigge and Corey Geiger.