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FRANKFORT,
Ky. — Thirty-two students at Kentucky universities were
honored at the Agribusiness/Governor's Scholars Program
awards luncheon June 17 in Frankfort.
Rodger
Bingham, deputy director of the Kentucky Department
of Agriculture's Office of Agriculture Marketing and
Product Promotion, applauded the scholarship recipients
for their efforts.
“Agriculture
has made this country what it is today,” said Bingham,
a Grant County farmer and star of the “Survivor” television
series. “I congratulate each of you on this achievement
and on your dedication to agriculture.”
Andrea
Basham, a scholarship recipient who will be a student
at the University of Kentucky this fall, urged her fellow
honorees to keep up the good work and challenged the
business community to be ready for the elite students
to enter the workforce.
“A
word to businesses: We're here. Put us to work,” Basham
said.
Scholarship
recipients recognized at the luncheon were Katie Adkisson,
University of Kentucky; Andrea Basham, UK; Allison Bickers,
Georgetown College; Erin Bogle, Murray State University;
Josh Bruce, Western Kentucky University; Pamela Coffey,
WKU; Allie Dailey, UK; Katie Ellis, UK; Marc Ettensohn,
UK; Cathy Gaudette, Murray State.
Elizabeth
Hardesty, UK; Jessica Harmon, UK; Emily Hayden, WKU;
Alice Haymond, UK; John Hendricks, Georgetown; Emily
Hughes, UK; Anthony Jones, UK; Jordan Judy, UK; Thomas
Kelsay, UK; David Lewis, UK; Shannon Martin, UK.
Sarah
Meeks, Morehead State University; Ben Oak, WKU; Drew
Richey, WKU; Carrie Shaffer, UK; Sarah Sheffel, UK;
Sarah Small, UK; Jonetta Tabor, Murray State; Josh Taylor,
Murray State; Brittany Wilkinson, UK; Lora Winstead,
UK; and Grant Wonderlich, UK.
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