The top awarded is Elizabeth Olson from Hutchison, Minn. The second award goes to Danielle Brown of Dodgeville, Wis. Also receiving the award are: Philip Bachman, Ulysses, Pa., Daniel Durfee, Chittenango, N.Y., Paul Lippert, Pittsville, Wis., Carissa Levash, Brillion, Wis., Laura Gordon, Shreve, Ohio, Leah Henkes, Luana, Iowa, Emily Ullerich, Ames, Iowa and Tera Koebel, Three Oaks, Mich.

Receiving the Kildee Graduate Studies Scholarships are Abigail Wirt of Lewiston, Minn. and Laura Gordon of Shreve, Ohio. Casey Arlig of Friendship, N.Y., has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Kildee Undergraduate Studies Scholarship.

Theresa Twohey, of Stewartville, Minn. has been awarded the 2012 National Dairy Shrine / DMI Milk Marketing $1500 Scholarship. Additionally, seven other undergraduate students have been awarded $1000 scholarships and are listed alphabetically. These generous scholarships are made possible by Dairy Management Inc. and NDS to encourage students to pursue careers in dairy product marketing.

Jacob Achen, Ambia, Ind., Hannah Bachman, Ulysses, Pa., Erin Daninger, Forest Lake, Minn., April Johnson, Heron Lake, Minn., Stephanie Kasper, Owatonna, Minn., Ashley Swenson, Nicollet, Minn., Abby Wethal, Brooklyn, Wis.

Each year, two scholarships are awarded by National Dairy Shrine in memory of Dr. Marshall E. McCullough, the well-respected nutrition researcher and educator from Georgia. Eligible students must be entering their freshmen year of college and plan to major in dairy/animal science or agricultural journalism with a dairy emphasis. National dairy Shrine is pleased to announce the 2011 McCullough Scholarship Winners – Mikayla Conrad of New Holland, Ohio, and Emily Selner of Denmark, Wis.

Michael Schmitt of Rice, Minnesota, has won the Maurice Core Scholarship. This $1000 award is given in honor of Maurice Core, the long-time Executive Secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Association, and, more recently, the Executive Director of the National Dairy Shrine. The funds for this award were donated by the friends of Maurice Core. The Core Scholarship is given to a freshman status student working toward a degree in dairy or animal science.

The Iager Scholarship for $1000 is awarded annually to students in a two year agricultural school pursuing a career in the dairy industry. It is based on academic standing, leadership ability, interest in the dairy industry and plans for the future. This scholarship was started with a generous donation from the Charles and Judy Iager family of Fulton, Maryland. We have two recipients this year. Benjamin Julka of Rosendale, Wis. and Emily Jackson of Waco, Texas.

Tyler Boyd, Parrottsville, Tenn., Jacob Achen, Ambia, Ind., Jessica Hammerand, Epworth, Iowa, and Corbin Wood of Littlestown, Pa. have been named the 2012 Klussendorf Association Scholarship Award winners. These $1500 scholarships are awarded by the Klussendorf Association and funded by a significant donation from Klussendorf member, Chris Kampf, and through gifts from fund raisers by the Klussendorf Association.