A select group of five college students who will advocate for the dairy industry, participate in community events with the American Dairy Association Indiana, Inc., and receive scholarships throughout the year have been announced.
This year, all five ambassadors are students at Purdue University:
- Aleah Rexing (Fort Branch, IN | freshman studying agriculture sales and marketing)
- Madilyn Elliott (Greencastle, IN | sophomore studying animal sciences)
- Cord Akey (Waterloo, IN | freshman studying agriculture engineering)
- Mylie Rexing (Fort Branch, IN | junior studying agribusiness)
- Macey Lambrecht (Bedford, IN | freshman studying agribusiness)
Following an intensive and competitive application process, these students were selected based on their abilities to communicate with the general public about dairy farming, dairy nutrition and modern agricultural practices. Students who are accepted into the program, now in its ninth year, are expected to serve for one year as a dairy ambassador, completing monthly assignments to fulfill their scholarship requirements. Each ambassador will be awarded a $2,500 scholarship in installments over the course of their year of service.
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