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Published Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The Credit Union of Colorado Foundation will provide ten $5,000 annual scholarships for students. Eligibility for a scholarship is extended to students who are Colorado residents enrolled in, or scheduled to enter, an accredited college or university as an undergraduate taking at least 12 credit hours. Scholarship award criteria include maintaining a minimum 3.5 grade-point average in high school or during the previous 12 months as a college undergraduate. Applicants should be demonstrably active in providing community service at school or in the community. Scholarship renewals are not automatic; the student must reapply each year.
Please direct all Credit Union of Colorado Foundation Scholarship questions to Erin Towey via e-mail at toweye@cuofco.org.
To celebrate National Ag Day, the Colorado Foundation for Agriculture is hosting virtual reading sessions of this year’s Colorado Literacy Project book, Still Good: The Faces of Family Agriculture. Each session features a guest reader who will read the book to participants, talk about his or her agriculture operation, and will answer questions.
Guest readers include Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg; Dr. Lora Bledsoe, a large animal veterinarian and rancher from Hugo; Dr. Samantha Cunningham, a Colorado State Universty animal science professor and rancher; Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, a Sterling-area rancher; Marc and Jill Arnusch, wheat farmers from Keenesburg who are featured in the book; Colorado Cattlemen’s Association president and Western Slope rancher Janie VanWinkle; and author and The Fence Post Magazine assistant editor Rachel Gabel.
The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture is making it easy to show your support of the Colorado Reader and Agriculture in the Classroom projects. The foundation is offering a package giveaway fundraiser featuring 10 fun and interesting packages that showcase Colorado agriculture and appeal to a wide variety of audiences. Each chance to win is a $10 donation to the foundation and supporters may enter to win for themselves or a classroom or teacher. Packages may even be gifted by the winner.
Package 1 is a Dr. Temple Grandin class visit and books. This package features a classroom visit from Grandin and five books. The visit can take place in-person if in Fort Collins, Colo., or virtually. Package also includes one free registration ($95 value) to one of CFA’s Summer AgriCULTURE Institutes to be held in July 2021. Package may be gifted to your favorite teacher or class. The books included in the package are Thinking in Pictures – My Life with Autism, by Temple Grandin – Expanded
Colorado Mountain College has 11 campuses across the state, including in Steamboat Springs where a new geodesic dome has been added to the campus. Colorado Mountain College also has a campus in Edwards. (Photo by John F. Russell)
The Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative board approved 25 proposals that will provide more than $3.3 million in scholarships for Colorado students, including funds to Colorado Mountain College students.
The money will match locally fundraised scholarship dollars one-to-one during the first round of awards for 2020-2021. This funding will support more than 2,349 students across the state. The scholarships are multi-year awards ranging from $500 to $15,000, depending on the program and a student’s financial need. Most students will receive the scholarship within the next two to four years.