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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>fyi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Dedrick, Simone J - APHIS [mailto:simone.j.dedrick@usda.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 16, 2020 10:49 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Scholarships for Agriculture Students<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212F64'>AFP to award two $1,500 Hotchkiss scholarships<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=etpbtitlemetacontainer style='line-height:20.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212F64'>by <span class=author><a href="https://americanfarmpublications.com/author/kevin/" title="Posts by AFP Staff">AFP Staff</a></span> | <span class=published>Mar 13, 2020</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:20.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212F64'>EASTON, Md. — American Farm Publications Inc., the parent company of The Delmarva Farmer is awarding two, $1,500 scholarships in the newly renamed Bruce W. Hotchkiss Memorial Scholarship program. <img border=0 width=599 height=767 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D5FB80.80546D60" alt="https://americanfarmpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Scholarship-flyer-ad-2020.gif"><br>Hotchkiss, who died last October., was the founding and longest-serving editor of The Delmarva Farmer and American Farm Publications and served on the company’s scholarship committee for several years. <br>The scholarship program was named for Hotchkiss to honor his passionate advocacy for agriculture and the importance of higher education.<br>“We find it truly fitting to rename these scholarships after Bruce,” said Sean Clougherty, AFP managing editor. “He was a life-long learner and felt so strongly about agriculture education, in educating the next generation of farmers but also teaching the public about where food comes from.” <br>The scholarships are available to high school seniors and college students who are studying for a career in agriculture and have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher at the student’s current learning institution. <br>The scholarships are open to residents of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey.<br>Scholarship applications a in this and coming issues of The Delmarva Farmer newspaper and available online <a href="https://americanfarmpublications.com/2020-hotchkiss-scholarship/">here</a>.<br>To apply, students should fill out an application, postmarked by Friday, May 15, 2020 with a current transcript and an original essay limited to 500 words regarding your decision to pursue an agricultural career. <br>For more information about the scholarship program, contact Sean Clougherty at 410-822-3965 or <a href="mailto:sean@americanfarm.com">sean@americanfarm.com</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><br><br><br><br>This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>