Pork Checkoff Announces Scholarship Recipients
US - The Pork Checkoff, Pioneer Hi-Bred and PIC will award 19 scholarships to college students around the United States as part of their strategy to develop the pork industry's human capital for the future."The development of human capital is one of the issues the Pork Checkoff identified as critical for the industry to address," said Steve Weaver, president of the National Pork Board. "Our service to producers includes ensuring there is a sustainable source of capable people ready to take on the industry's charge of producing a safe, wholesome food product in a socially responsible way". Weaver is a pork producer from California.
The 19 recipients hail from 14 different colleges and seven different swine-related fields of study. The 2008 Pork Industry Scholarship recipients are:
Scholarship Recipient | College or University | Area of Study |
Hyatt Frobose | Kansas State University | Nutrition /Behavior |
Carrie Highfill | Oklahoma State University | Meat Science |
Douglas Andrew Albright | Kansas State University | Nutrition |
Emily Arkfeld | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | Meat Science |
Kyle Baade | South Dakota State University | Veterinary Medicine |
Scott Baker | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Nutrition |
Angela Black | The Ohio State University | Ag Business/Economics |
Jonathan Romuald Ertl | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Veterinary Medicine |
Ashley Hop | Redlands Community College | Nutrition |
Arthur Leal | University of Arkansas | Nutrition |
Elizabeth M Legan | Purdue University | Ag Economics |
Neal T. Martin | University of Missouri, Columbia | Veterinary Medicine |
Jeremiah Nemechek | North Carolina State University | Nutrition |
Stephanie Raney | University of Missouri, Columbia | Behavior |
Kate Richter | South Dakota State University | Nutrition |
Hannah M. Rothe | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Nutrition/Environment |
Mitchell Schaefer | University of Wisconsin, River Falls | Nutrition |
Trever Shipley | Iowa State University | Breeding/Genetics |
Grant Tomsche | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Veterinary Medicine |
"A skilled workforce is essential for the competitiveness of this industry," Weaver said. "We need young leaders to look at pork not just as a food choice, but as a career. This is a chance for the industry to court these young people into a workforce that can offer many diverse opportunities. We have needs in production management, veterinary medicine, environmental management, food safety, genetic improvement and much more.
"On behalf of the Pork Checkoff and its partners, the National Pork Board and the pork industry, congratulations to all of this year's Pork Industry Scholarship recipients. We look forward to welcoming them into our industry in the future," Weaver concluded.
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