The independent Farm Credit Services associations headquartered in Fargo, Mandan and Minot, with branch offices in various locations throughout ND and MN, will award 32 scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each to high school seniors who plan to enroll in college next fall. Recipients must be from an actively farming and/or ranching family, or be planning to pursue a career in farming or some other aspect of agriculture.
Eligible applicants include those who reside in any North Dakota county or in the Minnesota counties of Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena or Wilkin.
Selection is based on academic record, personal attributes, vocational promise, leadership and financial need.
Students may obtain scholarship application forms from their high school counselor, from any Farm Credit Services office in North Dakota, on the following websites http://www.agcountry.com, http://www.farmcreditnd.com or www.farmcreditmandan.com, or by writing to Teresa Kjellberg, Marketing Director, Farm Credit Services of ND, PO Box 70, Minot, ND 58702.
Download the application here: scholarship-application-2014.pdf (Please note that the application may be filled in using your computer but will still need to be printed and mailed in along with two references, transcripts and a photo.)
Deadline for submitting applications is March 1, 2014.
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