NEWARK, Del. Agriculture is the nation’s largest industry. Its future depends on bright and high ly motivated men and women, so attracting the best students is an important goal of the University of Delaware College of Agricul tural Sciences. To help meet this goal, the Agricultural Science Scholars Program was founded in 1986 un der the direction of the former dean. Dr. Donald Crossan. In the mid-1980s the Agricul ture Committee of the board of trustees of the university request ed $1 million from the Delaware Legislature to fund an agricultural scholarship endowment program. ‘The legislators understood the significance of that request to Delaware,” said associate dean of instruction, R. Dean Shippy. “They granted the request with the stipulation that we get matching funds.” Top 50 The top 50 protein producing herds for June in Lancaster DHIA are listed as follows: m m rha no. NAME BSD MILK FAT PRO CONS PARKE fl RANCH JR g EUGENE i SUSAN HESS H STEPHEN L HERSHEY H CURTIS E AKERS ( SON H CLAY EARN H JOHN H HOWARD H RICHARD H SADDER H HENRY 0 ZIMMERMAN H ROY B SEHSENI6 H EARL i ANNA MAE REIFF H BOB+KAREN OOCHENAUR H J RAY RANCK H JOHN E COLEHAN JR H J ELMER STOLTZFUS H Scholars Program Attracts The Best Led by the efforts and enthusi asm of board member John Burris of Burris Food Distributors in Milford, Del., and then university secretary Amo Loessner, the col lege raised an even greater amount from agribusiness firms, alumni and other individual donors. The first award was given in 1986. ‘The scholars program allows us to actively seek out talented young people who arc committed to receiving a quality education in preparation for a successful future in agriculture and related disci plines,” said Shippy. The scholarships arc awarded to graduating high school students. To be eligible, applicants must be accepted by the university and plan to major in an area of agricul ture. They must graduate in top 20 percent of their high school class and score at least 1050 on the SAT. In addition to outstanding Protein scholastic records, they must also complete faculty interviews and an essay competition. Scholar ships are renewable fof four years of study within the college. Bach year the college receives 60 to 80 applications, which are reviewed by a selection committee composed of faculty, chairs, deans, and financial administra tors. About 30 scmifinalists are invited to attend a full-day session on the campus. Activities include an essay competition, interviews, and a tour. Students are being evaluated the entire day. The 1993 scholarship recipient Christie Quietmeyer, a preveterin ary medicine major, said “I admit I was a bit nervous. But 1 remem ber thinking I only had one day to show everyone that 1 deserved a scholarship, so I had to be at my best. It is difficult to assess the direct Herds, Lancaster DHIA For June KENNETH E ZORIN H WARREN 2 GOOD I ABRAHAM SHELLY JR I ROBERT KADFFNAN JR H ROBERT L SHELLY H VERNON R OMBLE + SOM H DEVIN S HOMING H R(®ERT L ( LINDA SENSEHIG H DENNIS E TICE I GLENN H HEDGER H ARLIN BENNER H ANOS E STOLTZFDS H MARVIN R STOLTZFDS I L. NARK STOLTZFDS H SHELHAR ACRES H RICK + HIH BREHNENAM H DAVID K STOLTZFDS H JEFFREY L ADNGST H The CHARGE Advantage P.L ROHRER & BRO., INC. impact of the program, but Shippy believes it helps to attract high ability students. Word is spread ing throughout the high schools that agriculture is getting some of the best. Quietmeyer, a graduate of John Dickinson High School in Wilmington, Del., said she was aware of the program since three former recipients were from her school. Food science major Jill Miller, one of last year’s winners, said, “Winning an Agricultural Scho- fw / '<§/ I |j^ CHARGE Liquid Plant Food is a scientifically balanced NPK liquid foliar nutrient, rich in phosphate and containing humus for increased uptake of nutrients. The 3 Elements of CHARGE + an Added Benefit ✓nitrogen to promote fast growth and abundant foliage /PHOSPHATE to encourage seed and root development /POTASH which is essential for sugar and starch formation and to increase size and quality of fruit ilus HUMUS , the added benefit for increased nutrient uptake •dependent research Detergent Fiber. CHARGE has been shown to md growers alike have make a difference in the healthy growth of alfalfa, ittested to the benefits especially during stressful conditions from ARGE in increasing the weather and pests. CHARGE should be applied cowerswhouseCHAßGE at 2 to 4 qts. per acre after dormancy and after ne to expect significant each cutting when the crop shows sto 6 inches increases in protein level and decreases in Acid of growth. Get the CHARGE advantage! Optimum time for apply- vest. CHARGE users have achieved bonus pay ing CHARGE is at tuber ments for potato crops with more potatoes in the initiation, followedbyap- desired premium size and for increased weight ions at mid and late sea- and yield. Apply 2to 3 qts. of CHARGE per acre ilions should be com- . when plants are 4 to 6 inches high. Get the ,jld Potassium to achieve CHARGE advantage! bulking and increase specific gravity before har- DAVID J. KOLP RATE+TIISH STQLT2FOS J(m P LAPP EDGEFIELD FAINS MEFFDALE FAIR THOMAS C LAPP DALE I maSBBV LLOYD K RISE MELVIN ZOOK MELODY LAHN FAINS KAT LIN FAIR NABLON E KING AMOS E KING J 1 A SON LAPP VALLEY FAIR HALRDI IDR FAIR FDLTORHAY FAIN INC REIVIN S STOLTZFOS STAS POINT DAIRY • ALFALFA • POTATOES • TOBACCO • VEGETABLE CROPS lars Award certainly influenced my decision to come to the Uni versity of Delaware! And the day on campus helped, 100. I didn’t get the kind of information from the other colleges where I’d been ac cepted.” Shippy said, “We’re building a strong pool of potential leaders. Students in this program help our image. They’re the tops academi cally and they’re well-rounded contributors.” H 21490 H 21456 R 21981 H 21427 I 21516 H 21655 H 21966 I 22744 R 21836 R 22133 H 21214 H 21919 H 22201 H 21291 R 22575 B 22142 B 22202 B 21479 Smoketown, PA 717-299-2571
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