Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

A newsletter for faculty, staff and students

July-August 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 4

Farm Bureau awards scholarships

Eight students have been awarded scholarships from the Arkansas Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation, established in 2002 to providing financial assistance to children or grandchildren of Farm Bureau members pursuing studies in agriculture at an Arkansas college. Scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, character, career plans, financial need and leadership potential. The scholarships are valued at $1,000 for the academic year.

Scholarship recipients for 2004-05 include:

• Jan Alicia Allen, daughter of John and Jennie Allen of Cabot, is an agribusiness major at Arkansas State University (ASU) in Jonesboro.
• Christine L. Bryant, wife of Kelly Bryant of Monticello, is majoring in agriculture with an animal science option at University of Arkansas at Monticello.
• Grant Carter of Stuttgart, is majoring in agribusiness at University of Arkansas (UA). He is the son of Dwight and Elisabeth Carter.
• Hallie Gale Dodson of Forrest City is a horticulture science major with a minor in nutrition at UofA. She is the daughter of Bonnie and Tommy Dodson. Dodson also earned the Arkansas Farm Bureau Romeo E. Short Scholarship Foundation Scholarship.
• Robert Scott Fry, son of Eldon and Anne Fry of Quitman, is working toward a degree in animal science at UA. Fry also earned the Farm Bureau scholarship for 2003-04.
  Julie Robinson, daughter of Charles and Susan Robinson of Greenbrier, is an agribusiness major at ASU.
• J. Addison Safley II is the son of James and Kimberly Saffa of Judsonia. He is majoring in agricultural education at UA. Safley was also a repeat recipient of the Farm Bureau scholarship.
• Jennifer Victory is majoring in agribusiness at ASU with an emphasis in economics. Victory is the daughter of Grant and Debbie Victory of Newport.