The Ray Fowler/Armstrong Family Scholarship is one of numerous FFA scholarships awarded annually.
It was created in honor of Ray Fowler, the FFA Advisor, and its main aim is to offer help so that young learners can achieve their high education goals.
The sponsorof the Ray Fowler/Armstrong Family Scholarship is the Armstrong family.
Full Description
The Ray Fowler/Armstrong Family Scholarship gives the award of $1,000 and it is non-renewable.
The sponsors would elect people who will form a committee and their job would be to review all the applications and select the most eligible recipient.
This is a need based scholarship and the student has to prove financial need.
Who's eligible?
The Ray Fowler/Armstrong Family Scholarship is designed for a high school senior or college student who is trying to achieve a four-year degree in any area of agriculture.
However, the preference will be given to those students interested in agricultural education or animal science.
Also, the eligible applicant must be member of Lyon County Chapter (KY0072), Eddyville, Ky., and plan to attend Murray State University, Western Kentucky State University or University of Kentucky.
The eligibility criteria which have to be met in order to be accepted as a possible recipient of this award are:
- the eligible applicant has to be less than 23 years of age
- he/she has to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- good academic achievements are also important
Financial need would play an important role when determining the winner.
How to Apply
Considering the fact that the FFA foundation offers other scholarships as well, the scholarship application platform is so improved that you will not have much trouble filling it out and it will determine which scholarship you are eligible for.
Applicants would be asked to create, fill out and submit his/her application via FFA official website before February 1st, the date when the application process ends.
FFA members have their member ID (FFA ID) number and if you are asked to provide it while filling out the application form, you should do it.
The way to find out your FFA ID is by contacting your FFA advisor.
Being that the award goes directly to the school you have selected during your application, make sure that it is the right school, as you cannot change it after the application deadline.
Besides the application fore, other documents are necessary when applying, such as the high school transcript, FAFSA and Student Aid Report (SAR).
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