Moser receives NCCEF scholarship

The Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation has awarded 11 scholarships totaling $31,000 for the 2020-21 academic year to students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis, and the University of Nebraska-Kearney.

The NCCEF scholarship program was initiated for the 1993-94 academic year, with funding from voluntary contributions from the agricultural cooperatives that are members of the Nebraska Cooperative Council.

Since the program’s inception, 209 scholarships totaling $251,600 have been awarded.

To be eligible for scholarships, students must be majoring in agricultural business/economics at UNL, agribusiness or ag production systems at NCTA or agribusiness at UNK. Eligibility is restricted to sons or daughters of a parent or legal guardian who has been an active member, director or employee for at least the prior three years of a cooperative which has been a member in good standing of the council for at least five years.

Alyssa Moser, daughter of Chris and Sandy Moser of Clearwater, will be a freshman at UNL, majoring in agricultural economics. The Mosers are members of Central Valley Agriculture, headquartered in York. She receives a $3,000 scholarship.

Other recipients of $3,000 scholarships include Emma Goosic, Franklin; Wesley Wach, Wauneta; Maria Harthoorn, Ainsworth; Kyle Leners, Filley; Alice McDonald, Phillips; Elizabeth Yrkoski, Fullerton; Callie Dethlefs, Rockville; and Michael Gibbens, Comstock.

Taylor Sayer, Cambridge, and James Lee, Sutherland, will each receive a $2,000 scholarship.

“The Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation is honored to provide students with financial support, allowing them to be able to study agricultural business/economics. Education is one of the fundamental cooperative principles and this program continues to be an important part of our efforts to help youth understand the cooperative way of doing business and interest them in pursuing careers in the agricultural industry here in Nebraska,” said Gerald Schmidt, foundation board chairman.

The purposes of the Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation are to promote and encourage high school graduates to pursue higher education in the agricultural and agribusiness fields through scholarships and the implementation of school-to-work programs with participating Nebraska cooperatives; to encourage high school graduates to remain in Nebraska in agricultural pursuits all of which will result in community betterment; and the preservation of agriculture as a way of life.