Scholarship Deadline is March 31st, 2020! Scholarships for females studying agriculture are offered by the Illinois Agri-Women and Women Changing the Face of 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…
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The registration system is up and running for the 2020 Women Changing the Face of Agriculture on March 6, 2020. We are looking forward to Richland Community College again hosting this event in Decatur. This year we have a great selection of breakout sessions, a Keynote by Farm Babe, and teacher professional development training. Event Schedule…
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WHEN: Thursday, January 23, 2020 TIME: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET WHERE: On Twitter with the hashtag #BeyondTheBuzzChat WHO: @MillionWMentors & @STEMconnector Please join us on Thursday, January 23 at 3 pm ET for the next Twitter chat in our series of #BeyondTheBuzzChats‘. In this discussion, we want to focus in on raising awareness of mentoring in its various forms, promote the importance of the growth…
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The top ten photos are available on the American Agri-Women Facebook Page for voting! Molly Stamm, an ACT member, is in the top 10 Nationally on the America Agri-Women facebook page for their AG 365 photo contest and the voting is in full swing. See her picture below! Like, share and comment on your favorite to help…
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National FFA Convention is this week! Eastland High School Delana Erbsen and Alyssa Miller with their AgriScience Fair entry Environmental Study on Rumen Degradable Protein in Simulated Anaerobic Environments ranked gold and placed 6th in the Nation at the National FFA Convention in October 2019 in Indianapolis. Riley Middendorf and Madison Huebner of Waterloo FFA…
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June 5, 2019 Source: Lynn Curry, currykl@irtc.net, 217-833-2484 GRIGGSVILLE, ILL. – Sarah Marie Irwin of Beason is the winner of the 2019 Illinois Agri-Women Agricultural Education Scholarship. This $1,500 scholarship is awarded annually to an agriculture education major finishing their degree in the upcoming year. Irwin will be a senior in Agricultural Education this fall…
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llinois Agri-Women presented a $10,000 grant to Richland Community College for their support of the Women Changing the Face of Agriculture event. This grant will help support the agricultural and culinary program, and provide scholarship money.
Stay tuned for more information about the 2020 WCFA event!
GRIGGSVILLE, ILL. – Jordan Johns of Pontiac is the winner of the 2018 Illinois Agri-Women Agricultural Education Scholarship. This $1,500 scholarship is awarded annually to an agriculture education major finishing their degree in the upcoming year. Johns will be a senior in agricultural education this fall at the University of Illinois. She attended Pontiac Township…
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