Ag Scholarships Awarded At Grand River

Published: September 10, 2012 11:58 pm EDT

Grand River Raceway and the Board of Directors of the Grand River Agricultural Society (GRAS) awarded nine scholarships and bursaries totaling more than $20,000 on Monday evening to local students pursuing agricultural studies.

Grand River Raceway and the Board of Directors of the Grand River Agricultural Society (GRAS) awarded nine scholarships and bursaries totaling more than $20,000 this evening to local students pursuing agricultural studies.

Now in its seventh year, the GRAS Scholarship/Bursary program is designed to provide financial assistance for students residing in Wellington and Perth Counties, and the Region of Waterloo, who are entering, or currently enrolled in, college or university agricultural programs.

Awards of $1,500 and $2,500 were presented to the following:

Recipient – Address – School – Program

• Joel Aitken – Acton - University of Guelph - Masters Capacity Development & Extension
• Evan DeGier - Guelph - University of Guelph - Bachelor of Science Agriculture
• Danielle Grotenhuis - Mt. Forest - Seneca College - Vet Tech
• Jessica Kelly - Listowel - University of Guelph - Master of Science Food, Ag, Resource Economics
• Becky Koeslag - Alma - Ridgetown - Assoc. Diploma in Agriculture
• Courtney Rogerson - Fergus - University of Guelph - Bachelor of Science Agriculture Major: Animal Science
• Amanda Rosborough - Guelph - University of Guelph - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
• Courtney Schott - Elmira - Ont. Veterinary College - Doctor of Veterinary Science
• Kayla Scott - Elora - University of Guelph - Bachelor of Science – Honours Major: Animal Biology


(l to r) GRAS directors Don Taylor, Dennis Jewitt, Skip Maher, Tom Wilson, Bill McDonnell, Doug Gamsby; representatives for scholarship/bursary recipients Becky Koeslag and Kayla Scott; scholarship/bursary recipients Jessica Kelly, Courtney Schott, Joel Aitken, Amanda Rosborough, Evan DeGier; GRAS directors Paul Walker, Brian Eix, Garth Green. Absent: Scholarship/bursary recipient Danielle Grotenhuis.

For complete information and applications, click here.

The Grand River Agricultural Society is the owner/operator of Grand River Raceway in Elora. The GRAS is a not-for-profit corporation, incorporated under the Agricultural Societies Act of Ontario and operated by a volunteer board of directors. It is part of the GRAS mandate to encourage an awareness of agriculture and to promote improvements in the quality of life of persons living in an agricultural community.

(Grand River Raceway)

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