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Farm Bureau adds scholarship fund to UA campaign
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September-October 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 5
Farm Bureau adds scholarship fund to UA campaign
A scholarship endowment of $360,000 designated for Bumpers College students by the Arkansas Farm Bureau has been counted as a contribution to the University’s Campaign for the Twenty-First Century.
Dean Greg Weidemann said, “The Romeo E. Short Memorial Foundation has provided scholarships for our students since 1955, including 10 this year, and we look forward to many more in the future.”
“We recognize the endowment as a gift for future students as well as past and present students.” Weidemann said. “It is just one example of the support Farm Bureau provides for Bumpers College students and for the teaching, research and extension programs of our faculty.”
The foundation was established in 1954 with contributions from county Farm Bureaus in memory of Romeo Ennis Short. It has increased with additional gifts and investment returns. The foundation is managed by the Farm Bureau, which helps select scholarship recipients. Students in Bumpers College who are a Farm Bureau member or have a parent who is a member are eligible.
Romeo Short of Brinkley was a founding member of the Arkansas Farm Bureau in 1935. He was an assistant secretary of agriculture in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a vice president of the American Farm Bureau.
Students who received scholarships of $1,400 for the current year are Amber Bennet of Carlisle, a junior food science major; Hallie Dodson of Forrest City, a senior horticulture major; Mark Morgan of Clarksville, a sophomore animal science major; Catherine Pendergrass of Charleston, a junior human environmental sciences major; Emily Rowland of Eldorado, a junior poultry science major; Christy Skelton of Fayetteville, a senior agricultural education, communication and technology major; Ashley Swaffar of Farmington, a sophomore majoring in poultry science; Erin Turrentine of Bentonville, a sophomore majoring in animal science; and Natalie West, a senior agricultural business major, and Alicia Yancey, a junior food science major, both of Prairie Grove.