Scholarships are still available for eligible students
May 26, 2009
KOKOMO, Ind. — Ivy Tech Community College’s Kokomo Region recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to five area students for the 2009-10 academic year. The recipients of the 2009 Ivy Tech Foundation Agriculture Scholarship are Jonathan Burns, Caston H.S.; Bodie Kitchel, Lewis Cass H.S.; Erick Miller, Northwestern H.S.; Carla Napier, North Miami H.S.; and Derek Plaster, Bethany Christian H.S. in Middlebury.
The agriculture scholarships were made possible through funds from the Ivy Tech Foundation. To qualify, the student must be a graduating high school senior with a GPA of 2.0 or higher who has enrolled with Ivy Tech to pursue an agriculture degree through the Kokomo Region.
Agriculture scholarships are still available for eligible area high school seniors. For more information about the Ivy Tech Foundation Agriculture Scholarship or about the Agriculture Program at Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo, please contact Jennifer Vandeburg, (800) 459-0561, ext. 716, or jvandeburg@ivytech.edu .
Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo started its agriculture program in the fall of 2007 offering a concentration in crop production. The college added concentrations in agriculture business management and agriculture equipment management in the fall of 2008. The college offers both an Associate of Science designed to transfer to the Purdue University School of Agriculture and an Associate of Applied Science designed to prepare graduates to enter the workforce.
Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest singly-accredited statewide community college system with more than 120,000 students enrolled annually. Ivy Tech has campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state's engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.
Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region serves Cass, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Tipton and Wabash counties and includes campuses or instructional sites in the communities of Kokomo, Logansport, Peru and Wabash. To learn more about Ivy Tech, visit www.ivytech.edu.
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