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| READ OUR LANDSCAPES WINTER 2009 EDITION | |
ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2009-2010 WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS September 2009 –Working in coordination with the West Texas A&M University Department of Agricultural Sciences and the West Texas A&M University Foundation, Panhandle-Plains Land Bank is pleased to announce this year’s scholarship winners. Each scholarship is for $1,000 awarded to upper class students for the coming school year. Rachel Adkins, will be a Senior Agriculture Media and Communications major from Canadian, Texas. Graduating in 2007, Ms. Adkins grew up helping her father and grandfather on the family owned commercial Hereford ranch. She will be her family’s 5th generation cattle rancher in the Texas panhandle. She is active in various service and honor societies, most notably, West Texas’ Mortar Board. Clete Vanderburg is also a Senior. He is an Agriculture Education major from Spearman. With a small town and family farming background, his appreciation of agriculture runs deep. With a passion for teaching, his goal is to instill this same appreciation in young minds. Two Sophomores were among this years winners; Kalan Steinle, an AgBusiness major from Dimmitt, and Hadley Perkins, an Animal Science major from Wildorado. All four students attest that their agriculture roots serve them well in college. Each summer, four students are chosen from the association’s lending territory by an Agriculture Scholarship Committee from within the university. Additional criterion for selection includes enrollment in the College of Agriculture Sciences, and preference given to Seniors, then Juniors and Sophomores. The association is pleased to continue this scholarship program. WT has served our area well graduating agriculture, business, and community leaders. Several of the association’s officers are graduates of the school who give back a significant amount of time and energy. Panhandle-Plains Land Bank provides long-term mortgage financing to farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness in the Panhandle and South Plains. Offices are located in Amarillo, Pampa, Perryton, and Plainview. |
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