Columbia student lands Tennessee Council of Cooperatives scholarship

Courtesy of Tennessee Council of Cooperatives
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(Left) Dan Strasser, Tennessee Council of Cooperatives Representative, Makayla Scott and Dr. Joey Melhorn, UTM Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies and Tennessee Council of Cooperatives Representative, celebrate Scott's recent scholarship award.
(Left) Dan Strasser, Tennessee Council of Cooperatives Representative, Makayla Scott and Dr. Joey Melhorn, UTM Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies and Tennessee Council of Cooperatives Representative, celebrate Scott's recent scholarship award.

The Tennessee Council of Cooperatives recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Makayla Beth Scott of Columbia.

A student at the University of Tennessee, Martin, Makayla is a senior working toward a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Business. She is the daughter of Tim and Bonnie Scott of Columbia.

After graduation, Makayla is planning to complete the Co-Op training program and work toward her master’s degree in agriculture at the university. She is currently employed at United Farm & Home Co-Op in Columbia.

Makayla’s farm and agriculture interest stems from living and working on her family’s 5th generation commercial beef cattle operation. The TCC is a nonprofit organization established to promote the cooperative form of business through education and promotion of all types of cooperatives. TCC has two types of membership including “parent cooperatives” and “individual cooperatives.”

The TCC is made up of member representatives from various cooperative organizations in Tennessee.

The TCC sponsors six college scholarships for agricultural students from each of Tennessee’s four-year agriculture programs: Austin Peay State University; Middle Tennessee State University; Tennessee Technological University; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the University of Tennessee, Martin; and Tennessee State University.

The scholarship program, started in 1984, is an effort to acknowledge and aid the young people most likely to return to communities served by rural cooperatives.

To be considered for the $1,000 scholarship, the student must be a citizen of Tennessee; enrolled in a college of agriculture; maintain an overall grade point average of 2.5 out of a possible 4 points; and, if possible, be in his or her junior year of study.

For more information about Tennessee cooperatives, the Tennessee Council of Cooperatives or the TCC scholarship, contact Roberta Smith, TCC Administrative Secretary, at 423-447-2121 or via e-mail to smithr@bledsoe.net.

For more information about Tennessee cooperatives, the Tennessee Council of Cooperatives or the TCC scholarship, please visit the TCC Web site at http://tennesseecouncilofcoops.org

This article originally appeared on The Daily Herald: Columbia student lands Tennessee Council of Cooperatives scholarship