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Wisconsin Cheese Makers Announce Scholarship Winners
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 04/15/2020

Five cheese makers will be earning money to help with their costs of continuing education from the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. The group announced the winners of its 2020 scholarship program, in which the successful applicants will each get $3,000 awards.

This year's scholarship recipients Mary Kawleski, Agropur and graduate student in the Master of Food Technology program through the University of Georgia-Athens; Ashlyn Schnell, Schreiber Foods, biology major and chemistry minor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay; Samantha Hawkey, Kelley Supply, business management student at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau; Theodore Jacoby IV, Agropur, dairy manufacturing major at South Dakota State University; and Morgan Knapp, Agropur, chemistry major with a business concentration at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

"WCMA members recognize education as a key factor in the strengthening and growth of the dairy industry," said WCMA Director John Umhoefer. "Our organization is honored to invest in the next generation of dairy leaders."

The WCMA student scholarship program is supported by the Championship Cheese Auction. That's where the gold medal cheeses from WCMA's Championship Cheese Contests are sold to provide income for a permanent, reserved scholarship fund.

This year's sale takes place online April 25.

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