Kentucky Women in Agriculture have extended their scholarship deadline to May 22, 2010 for their $1,000 scholarship for women studying agriculture.

This is the third year for the KWIA Scholarship, which evolved out of the organization’s mission to empower women in agriculture through education, involvement and action. The scholarship will be awarded to a woman seeking a degree in agriculture who is entering her junior or senior year in college or pursuing a graduate degree.

The successful applicant will demonstrate how the degree being sought will benefit agriculture and her interest in agriculture through an essay. She will also possess a GPA of 2.5 or higher and be a Kentucky resident, attending school in Kentucky.

Last year’s recipient, Julie Peterson, is a graduate student at the University of Kentucky, pursuing her doctorate in entomology. Julie grew up in Louisville, but her family is rooted in generations of tobacco and subsistence farming in Hardin County. Julie’s doctorate thesis focuses on the ecology of generalist predators in agro-ecosystems, with an emphasis on food-web interactions in transgenic crops.

For more information, visit the KWIA website at www.kywomeninag.com or contact by e-mail at info@kywomeninag.com or by phone at (877) 266-8823.

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