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Show-Me Chapter
SWCS Scholarships
$2000 & $1000
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2008-09 winners
Applications must be emailed/postmarked by November 30, 2009
For
complete details, choose your preferred format and click on the
following links...
Scholarship Details
Application Form
2009 Essay Topic:
Based
on your interests, select a natural resource-related “risk”.
Discuss the pros and cons of the activity, from your viewpoint, and
others. Reference related statistics or applicable
local/state/federal laws. Explain the thought process that you go
through in making your decision whether or not to take the risk.
And offer advice for others who are in the position of making a
similar decision. Following are examples of natural
resource-related risks. We encourage you to examine your own risk of
interest, or one listed below.
- being caught while
poaching game - allocating funds to multiple worthy
projects
- seeking grants vs not seeking - introducing a new
plant/animal to an environment
- living in flood- or tornado-prone areas -
climbing a cliff without ropes
- handling poisonous snakes as a professional -
growing crops in a flood plain
- approving a project said to destroy the last habitat of an
endangered life form
Please submit the following information:
a.
Essays must be
provided in an electronic file.
They may be emailed or submitted on a CD in Microsoft Word format,
double-spaced with 1-inch margins, using 12 point font size and
Times New Roman font.
b.
Two letters of recommendation. We suggest you use your high
school, college or university advisor and one other person of your
own choosing. These may be sent by email directly from the reference
person.
c.
List of positions of leadership and year that you have held
or now hold (SWCS chapter, 4-H, FFA, student organizations, etc.)
and publishing and speaking activities in which you participated.
d.
Most recently available high school, college, or university
transcript (copy).
After
completing the above information, send or email the application
materials to:
Kim Worth
USDA
Service Center, MLRA Office
209 Ash
Street
Gallatin,
MO 64640-1185
(660)
663-3703 x7
kim.worth@mo.usda.gov
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