FYI – Scholarships available:

Share this information with all high school students, parents of students, school guidance counselors, principals, teachers, and churches.

The Office of Advocacy & Outreach (OAO) recently released its USDA 1890 National Scholars Program.  The National Scholars Program is a major effort of the USDA and nineteen 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Institutions (HBCUs) to award scholarships to students to attend one of the nineteen 1890 Institutions in any field of study in agriculture, food, natural resource sciences or other related disciplines.

The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program will provide full tuition, employment, employment benefits, fees, books, and room and board each year for up to 4 years to selected students pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the following universities:

·         Alabama A&M University
·         Alcorn State University
·         Central State University, Ohio
·         Delaware State University
·         Florida A&M University
·         Fort Valley State University, Georgia
·         Kentucky State University
·         Langston University, Oklahoma
·         Lincoln University, Missouri
·         North Carolina A&T State University
·         Prairie View A&M University, Texas
·         South Carolina State University
·         Southern University, Louisiana
·         Tennessee State University
·         Tuskegee University, Alabama
·         University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
·         University of Maryland Eastern Shore
·         Virginia State University
·         West Virginia State University

Eligible students must be U.S. citizens, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better, have been accepted at one of the 1890 HBCUs, study agriculture, food, natural resource sciences or other related academic disciplines, demonstrate leadership and community service, and etc.  Please visit the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program website for more information.

Share this information with all high school students, parents of students, school guidance counselors, principals, teachers, and churches.  The scholarship may be renewed each year contingent upon satisfactory academic performance and normal progress toward the bachelor’s degree.  High school applications and college applications may be downloaded from the site below:

http://www.outreach.usda.gov/education/1890/
Application and supporting documentation DEADLINE: February 1, 2015


Ali Muhammad
Diversity and Inclusion Specialist
OHRM/DRW
Whitten Building-Room 17W
202-720-1116
Ali.muhammad@dm.usda.gov


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