{"id":4537,"date":"2022-04-27T16:41:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=4537"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:44:51","slug":"farm-credit-foundation-awards-scholarships-to-umes-ag-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-monthly-digest\/april-2022\/farm-credit-foundation-awards-scholarships-to-umes-ag-majors\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Credit Foundation awards scholarships to UMES ag majors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Attendees at the scholarship presentation, pictured from left, are: Dr. Moses T. Kairo, dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences; Aliyah Evans, a sophomore Pre-vet student in UMES’ Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences; Charles M. Wright IV, chairman of the Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement; Makalah Wolfe, a sophomore Pre-vet student; UMES President Heidi Anderson and David Balcom, vice president for University Relations. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(April 27, 2022)-Two sophomores at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore are the recipients of $10,000 scholarships from the Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement.  The awards will assist both students in their general agriculture (animal and poultry science concentration) studies and intent to become veterinarians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles M. Wright IV, owner of Wright\u2019s Market in Mardela Springs, Maryland, recently visited campus to present the scholarship awards to Makalah Wolfe and Aliyah Evans on behalf of Farm Credit.  Wright, a UMES general agriculture alumnus (\u201989) and chairman of the Foundation, traveled a similar path as the awardees and holds an affinity for his alma mater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my pleasure to be able to give back to UMES,\u201d Wright said.  \u201cI look forward to continuing to work with the university, enabling students to pursue careers in the agricultural industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wolfe, a 2020 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, came to UMES to study criminal justice, but changed direction after considering her options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy freshman year was eye-opening,\u201d Wolfe said.  \u201cI was exposed to various fields that I had not previously considered and developed an interest in pre-veterinary sciences.  I reminisced on my childhood years and how I found companionship with my pets.  My passion lies in caring for animals and ensuring that they are happy and healthy since they provide emotional and therapeutic benefits to people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evans\u2019 exuberance for animal science comes through in her varied interests at this point in her studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The Springdale, Maryland native would like to own a clinic in a geographic area in need of veterinary services, treating exotic, domestic and farm animals.  Treating animals in zoological settings is also in the running as is agricultural research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnimal behavior is something I would like to research as well as animal-related diseases, such as zoonotic diseases and how to cure them or keep their spread under control,\u201d Evans said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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UMES President Anderson gives her UMES lapel pin to Wright as an outward sign of his status as an alumnus. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cBeing awarded this scholarship will provide my family with some financial relief while assisting me in furthering my education and moving closer to my dream of becoming a veterinarian,\u201d Wolfe said.  Evans echoed the sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UMES President, Dr. Heidi Anderson, who presided over the intimate outdoor ceremony, noticed that Wright was not wearing a UMES lapel pin and proceeded to take hers off and pin him.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe appreciate the loyalty of our alumni and their support of our students,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gail Stephens, Agricultural Communications and Media Associate, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, 410-621-3850, gcstephens@umes.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Todd Dudek, Agricultural Communications, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, tdudek@umes.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(April 27, 2022)-Two sophomores at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore are the recipients of $10,000 scholarships from the Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement.  The awards will assist both students in their general agriculture (animal and poultry science concentration) studies and intent to become veterinarians. Charles M. Wright IV, owner of Wright\u2019s…Read more Farm Credit Foundation awards scholarships to UMES ag majors<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":61,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,40],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-april-2022","category-sans-monthly-digest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4537"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=4537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}