This year, the Illinois Agri-Women (IAW) organization is offering 4 scholarships for females studying agriculture. The Illinois Agri-Women (IAW) organization supports the agriculture industry, works for legislation to support and preserve family farms, communicates with other agriculture organizations, and strives to educate the public and promote agricultural awareness. One $1,500 IAW Helen Henert Agriculture Education…
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The 2022 Women Changing the Face of Agriculture career exploration event will be held in person at Carl Sandburg College located in Galesburg, Illinois on March 4th, 2022. Registration for the event is now open. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, registration limitations have been put into place. Each school or organization is limited to…
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This year, four scholarships for females studying agriculture are offered by the Illinois Agri-Women. The 2021 recipient of the $1500 IAW Helen Henert Agriculture Education Scholarship is Hannah Spangler. Gracie Murphy, Emma Freebairn and Abigayle Endress are each recipients of the WCFA Agent of Change Scholarship receiving $1000 each.
The Women Changing the Face of Agriculture event committee is pleased to announce its keynote speakers for the 2021 virtual conference. In addition to these keynotes, the website will host online career exploration videos for you to explore and learn about the opportunities in the areas of agriculture and food production.
Women Changing the Face of Agriculture, a project of the Illinois Agri-Women, is once again offering four scholarships for females studying agriculture. Application deadline is March 31st.
Our planning committee developed the idea for Online Curriculum for teachers to use in their classrooms. We would like to invite you to participate in this online opportunity as one of our past sponsors and professional participants of the event to submit 2 minute videos about your careers in agriculture.
The 2021 Women Changing the Face of Agriculture event, scheduled for March 5, 2021 at Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois, has been postponed until 2022. The next Women Changing the Face of Agriculture event will take place on March 4, 2022, at Carl Sandburg College.
The WCFA planning team showed its appreciation to the Richland Community College through a continuing expression of support for young women interested in careers in the agriculture, food and natural resources industry. They selected the agriculture and culinary arts programs to receive generous donations following WCFA 2019. In addition, several scholarships were awarded to young…
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DiscoverE, an outreach group for public understanding of engineering, is featuring Illinois Agri-Women member Gayle Baker. Gayle is a member of American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) in a recently launched video series entitled, “Chats with Changemakers.” The interview will take place Friday, June 12, at noon eastern time. “Chats with Changemakers” introduces…
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The Illinois 4-H Program is developing an exciting new resource for 4-H members and their families called Illinois 4-H Spark Sheets. Illinois 4-H Spark Sheets will be created for all ninety-one projects that 4-H members can enroll in. Each 4-H Spark Sheet will be a one page resource sheet (front/back) and will focus on a specific…
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