Area students receive scholarships

The Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation recently announced it has awarded $61,200 in scholarships to students furthering their education goals in the 2020-2021 academic year.

"The foundation strongly believes in the importance of a sound education for tomorrow's industry leaders and is pleased to be able to provide this funding to these outstanding students to aid in their academic career," says Mark Jagels, president of the Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation. "Due to the generosity of many donors and the success of our Retail Value Steer Challenge fundraising project, the foundation was able to offer an additional $5,000 in scholarship funds over last years awarded scholarships."

The foundation awarded 48 scholarships to students across Nebraska.

Scholarship recipients from the area include Clay Curtis, Royal – $1,000 retail value Steer Challenge Scholarship and Jace Stagemeyer, Page – $1,200 Robert F. Lute II Memorial Scholarship.