ACTIVITIES OF THE AG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Ag Ambassadors The association provides financial support to help fund student recruiting activities as well as other Ag Ambassador events and projects. |
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Ag College Days
During the spring and fall of each year, faculty, current students and alumni from the College of Agriculture travel throughout the state to visit with high school and junior college students about the college’s majors and programs.
The association assists with the College’s Ag College Days as needed, making logistical arrangements for the events or providing meals.
Graduation Breakfast
On the morning of graduation, the College of Agriculture hosts a breakfast for graduates, their family and friends.
Members of the association present certificates to graduates who are receiving New Graduate Life Memberships. Graduates are encouraged to continue their involvement with the association and the college.
Ag Alumni Association Scholarships
The College of Agriculture awards more than $700,000 in scholarships annually to undergraduate students.
In 2010, the association contributed more than $25,000 to College of Agriculture scholarships. These awards are funded in a variety of ways.
One-hundred percent of life dues are added to the association’s scholarship endowment. Each year, two scholarships are funded from earnings on the endowment: the Ag Alumni/Ag Ambassador Scholarship and the Ag Alumni/Bill Alverson Scholarship.
Proceeds from an annual auction, held in conjunction with Homecoming activities, fund the Fall Roundup Scholarship.
Three memorial scholarships have been established through the association: these include the Charles F. Simmons Memorial, E. V. and Martha North Smith Memorial and L. Aubrey Smith Memorial scholarships.
Contact Mark Wilton in the College of Agriculture’s Development Office for information about giving to existing scholarships programs or creating new scholarships.
State 4-H and FFA Awards
Members of 4-H and FFA test their knowledge and skills each year in a statewide competition.
In support of these activities, the association sponsors proficiency awards so that FFA members are given the opportunity to compete and demonstrate talents learned in agriscience classrooms and FFA chapters around the state.