Scholarships

Nebraska Co-op Council Education Foundation

The Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation will provide up to eight scholarships for the 2008-09 academic year. Eligible students must attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis or Chadron State College.

To apply, individuals must complete a form indicating the local cooperative in which their parents are members and submit it to one or more of the colleges listed above by April 15, 2008.

The form and information is available on the Nebraska Cooperative Council Web site at www.nebr.coop or can be downloaded here.

2008 Dairy Checkoff Scholarship - Nebraska

The American Dairy Association and Dairy Council of Nebraska will award up to ten (10) $500 scholarships during the 2008 calendar year. The scholarships are open to any college major or degree, regardless of the length of the program.

The full application and packet is available and can be downloaded at http://www.nebmilk.org/producersnew/nebraskascholarship.php.

Completed applications must be postmarked on or before Monday, April 28, 2008.

2008-09 NDPRB Undergraduate Scholarship Program

The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDPRB), through Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI), annually awards up to 19 $1,500 scholarships to eligible undergraduate students (sophomore through senior) enrolled in college/university programs that emphasize dairy.

Majors include: communications/public relations, journalism, marketing, business, economics, nutrition, food science, and Ag education. In addition, the NDPRB awards a $2,500 James H. Loper Jr. Memorial Scholarship to the outstanding scholarship recipient.

Completed applications should be submitted by May 31, 2008. Applications and additional information can be downloaded at: http://www.dairycheckoff.com/DairyCheckoff/AboutUs/Scholarship/Scholarship or by clicking here.