The NAMA Scholarship Foundation was pleased to announce last week the undergraduates chosen as recipients of scholarship grants for the 2013-14 academic school year. The awards were presented during the NAMA Meat Industry Management Conference on March 21, by Foundation President Ron Gustafson.
Frank DeBenedetti Scholarship: Daniel Neely, Kansas State University Florence Powers Scholarship: Lindsey Turner, Texas A&M University Al Piccetti Scholarship: Hope Voegele, Texas A&M University Lou Gast Scholarship: Brittany McDaniel, University of Florida NAMA Scholarship: Kathryn Sands, Purdue University Don & Jana Clift Scholarship: Chelsea O’Diam, Ohio State University
These $2,250 to $2,500 merit-based awards are presented annually to undergraduate students studying animal/meat/food science and considering a career in the meat industry. NAMA Scholarship Foundation (www.meatscholars.org) would also like to extend its gratitude to the scholarship review committee, which consisted of Dr. Bob Delmore, Colorado State University; Dr. John Henson, CA State University-Fresno; Ron Richard, University of Idaho; and Shane Oesthaler, Carlton Farms.
The NAMA Scholarship also announced a new culinary arts/science scholarship that will be named the Bobby Hatoff Scholarship. This will be the first scholarship of its kind and it will be awarded in 2015.
In addition to its scholarship awards, NAMA granted Dr. Guy Loneragan of Texas Tech University its Harry L. Rudnick Outstanding Educator award at a ceremony held during the annual meeting.