Farm Credit Awards Scholarships for MANRRS 2025
Farm Credit Awards Scholarships for MANRRS 2025
Statesville, NC.: (April 2, 2024) – AgSouth Farm Credit is proud to announce that intern Jirah Perrymond from Fort Valley State University has been selected as a 2025 Farm Credit VIP Scholar in partnership with Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS). He will attend, along with AgSouth staff representative Trey Dent, the upcoming National MANRRS Conference in Memphis, Tennessee.
This competitive academic scholarship provides special programming for outstanding MANRRS students with an expressed interest in Farm Credit. Scholarship recipients each receive a $1,000 academic scholarship, the opportunity to participate in the Farm Credit VIP track of the 2025 National MANRRS Conference, and travel compensation to cover the cost to attend the MANRRS Conference.
The VIP track provides scholars with meaningful interactions with Farm Credit leadership and exposes students to information about Farm Credit careers in fields including finance, credit, capital markets, informational technology, marketing, etc. Students benefit from leadership development and training to better prepare them to find and succeed in careers within the agricultural industry.
The 2025 VIP Scholars are as follows:
• Naydelin Almaguer - Tarleton State University
• Jimena Anguiano-Cisneros - Oregon State University
• Michelle Cao - Dickinson College
• Joselyn Carranza - The University of Arizona
• Jhanya Chenault - Tennessee State University
• Sharnelle Coicous - Central State University
• Paul Crocker - California Polytechnic State University
• Kylethia Edgecombe - Central State University
• Raven Edwards - Fort Valley State University
• Julia Edwards - Utah State University
• Steisy Gomez - Rutgers University
• Lisbeth Gomez-Esquivel - University of Idaho
• Rose Gunther - Arkansas Tech University
• Destiny Haywood - Langston University
• Aaron Hernandez - Tarleton State University
• Emma Higgins - The Ohio State University
• Amani Hill - Rutgers University
• D'Anastacia Hutchinson - Central State University
• Ahrion Jones - Kentucky State University
• TaMyah Jordan - The University of Kentucky
• Madison Kelly - Fort Valley State University
• Jordan King - North Carolina A&T State University
• Naylah Maple - North Carolina A&T State University
• Yasmeen Mufleh - Rutgers University
• Raymond Pan - Cornell University
• Jirah Perrymond, Fort Valley State University
• Kelvin Rivera - University of Arkansas
• Luke Stepney - The University of Tennessee at Martin
• Joan Tovar-Martinez - Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
• Sydney Wyche - Tennessee State University
About AgSouth:
AgSouth Farm Credit provides loans for land, equipment, and production agriculture; crop insurance; leasing; and home mortgages. The Association serves counties in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and is headquartered in Statesville, North Carolina. AgSouth is an equal housing lender and an equal opportunity provider.
About Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Science (MANRRS):
Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, MANRRS promotes academic and professional advancement by empowering minorities in agriculture, natural resources and related sciences. MANRRS aims to provide the student members (junior high school through doctoral programs) of the organization with the support to become productive citizens by engaging them in leadership development activities, educational opportunities, job readiness training, and facilitating internship placement and permanent employment, with special emphasis on agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences. MANRRS encourages and promotes Agriculture, Natural Resources, and related STEM programs in an effort to interest and attract underrepresented students and professionals into pursuing educational and career opportunities in these respective areas. For more information visit: manrrs.org.