The board of directors of Mid America CropLife Association (MACA), St. Louis, Mo., selected 12 college students to participate in the MACA Young Leader Scholarship Program (YLSP).
This is the 10th year for the program, which is designed to expose future agriculturalists to the crop protection industry and potential career opportunities.
Recipients receive financial compensation, additional training for finding a job plus the opportunity to network with MACA members. MACA members benefit by developing a talent pool of future industry leaders and through the heightened awareness of MACA within the participating universities.
The recipients' educational focus is agriculture, and all are enrolled at one of the land-grant universities in the MACA region. They have secured a summer internship (2022) related to agriculture, preferably within the crop protection industry. Additionally, the selected recipients will attend the MACA Annual Meeting Sept. 6-8 and speak about their internship experience and participate in the meeting with MACA members.
The recipients include Ethan Gilder who is attending Saginaw Valley State University with a major in Business Administration and a minor in Agricultural Studies and Biology. He will graduate in May 2024. This summer he's interning at Endeavor Agriculture and Energy.
After completing their summer internships, the scholarship recipients receive a $2,000 scholarship to assist with their tuition expenses.
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