Farm Bureau Foundation awards 18 scholarships
The DeKalb County Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture recently awarded 18 scholarships to deserving college students. The Foundation congratulates these students receiving the Ag Discipline Scholarship, DeKalb Ag Scholarship, Orville A. Olson Ag Scholarship, Bob & Norma Wildenradt Ag Scholarship, Arden & Dorothy Baie Scholarship, Robert Morley Science Scholarship, and Medical Scholarship.
College students receiving scholarships are pictured and listed with their year in school, university attending and their major.
Ag Discipline Scholarships
Keith Herrmann – Junior
Iowa State University – Ag Business
Tate Johnson – Sophomore
Black Hawk East – Animal Science
Sophia McComb – Junior
Cornell University – Economics & Mgmt./Ag Goods
Mindy Smits – Junior
University of Wisconsin – Platteville – Ag Education
DeKalb Ag Scholarship
Orville A. Olson Ag Scholarship
Bob & Norma Wildenradt Ag Scholarship
Arden & Dorothy Baie Scholarships
Holly Marsh – Senior
University of Wisconsin – Whitewater – Art/Graphic Design
George Stice – Junior
Western Kentucky University – Accounting
Robert Morley Science Scholarships
Josh Anderson – Senior
Iowa State University – Construction Engineering
Grace Flemming – Junior
Loyola University – Biochemistry
Nolan Govig – Junior
Northern Illinois University – Mechanical Engineering
Seth Harbecke – Junior
Iowa State University – Ag Biochemistry
Morgan Johnson – Senior
Iowa State University – Animal Science
Cameron Pedersen – Senior
U of Notre Dame – Biological Sciences
Evelyn Witte – Junior
St. Ambrose University – Biology
Medical Scholarships
Jaylene Jennings – Graduate Student
University of Findlay, OH – Physician Assistant
Rosemary Nelson – Senior
George Williams College – Nursing
Wildenradts Give Top Ag Scholarships
For the second year, Bob and Norma Wildenradt were genuinely pleased with the caliber of students applying for their named endowed scholarship.
This year’s recipient of their ag scholarship is Avery Plote of rural Leland. He is the 20-year-old son of Roy and Janet Plote.
Avery is a junior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign majoring in crop science and computer science. This summer he had an internship with CNH Industrial in technology training.
“Because of this investment in students like me, we as young leaders are able to become more productive in life and beneficial to our community,” said Avery. “I can’t wait to see how I will personally make an impact in our agricultural industry.”
In the future, Avery hopes to be employed by an agricultural company with a job of developing software to improve agricultural systems.
The Bob and Norma Wildenradt Ag Scholarship is awarded annually to a student studying agriculture at a college in Illinois. The $2,000 scholarship goes toward tuition and fees. It is one of 29 college scholarships granted by the DeKalb County Farm Bureau Foundation this year.