Great Falls – The Montana Grain Growers Association (MGGA) and the Montana Grains Foundation (MGF) are pleased to announce the recipients of their college scholarships for school year 2018-19.
The MGGA $1,000 scholarship winners are:
Julia Grubb, a Denton High School senior, plans to major in Agriculture Education: Relations at MSU-Bozeman this fall as she believes that “agriculture is a vital industry that needs to be better understood by our nation.” Julia’s essay further states that she desires to be “employed in a career that serves others and encourages further agricultural improvement and public knowledge.”
Thomas Brown is a Lustre Christian High School senior who plans to attend MSU-Bozeman majoring in Crop Science. He expects to return to his community “armed with expertise on plants, soils and crop science in general” to not only better his family farm but “potentially advise other farmers as well.”The MGF offered four $2,500 scholarships, two for undergraduate students selected by the MSU College of Agriculture, and two for graduate students selected by MGF, including one funded by CoBank. The graduate student winners are:
Eleanor Brant is a Plant Genetics PhD candidate working in the MSU-Bozeman Cereal Genomics Lab who “aspires to become proficient within the field of molecular plant genetics, with a particular focus on crop species.” Her essay further states: “I am enthusiastic about the prospect of continuing to develop the CRISPR technology and explore its possible uses in both genetic and epigenetic contexts.”
Uta Stuhr received the MGF scholarship funded by CoBank. She is a PhD candidate in Plant Pathology studying wheat streak mosaic disease by conducting research trials across the state. One of her project objectives is to develop a risk assessment tool, AWaRe (Assessment of Wheat streak mosaic Risk). Born and educated in Germany, Uta has discovered a “sense of home and belonging” in Montana and feels “called to dedicate my efforts to Montana’s agriculture and supporting its agricultural community.”
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