The CME Group and National Cattlemen's Foundation announced the 10 students that have been awarded $1,500 scholarships to pursue careers in the beef industry. Winners were selected from essays written about a challenge to the beef industry and a solution to deal with it.
Rebecca Tokach, a junior at Kansas State University was chosen as the overall winner, receiving an expenses-paid trip to the 2008 Cattle Industry Annual Convention in Reno. On Feb. 9 she will be recognized during the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Awards Luncheon.
Others receiving scholarships are:
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Annie Doerr |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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Mollie Dorrance |
Colorado State University |
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Clinton Laflin |
Eureka (Kansas) High School |
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Bryan Edward Luark |
Colorado State University |
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Elise Marchant |
Oakley (Idaho) High School |
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Amanda Nolz |
South Dakota State University |
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Jared Williams |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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J.W. Wood |
Colorado State University |
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Jason Zwilling |
Oklahoma State University |