Five students accepted into the 2022 PDPW Cornerstone Dairy Academy® were awarded scholarships from the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation (WROF). Recipients include Mitchell Guyette, Chili, Wis.; Alexis Kluenker, Manitowoc, Wis.; Kelsey Maurer, Manitowoc, Wis.; Heron Mireles, Chili, Wis.; and Emily Pankratz, Rudolph, Wis.
“The Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation is pleased to be part of Professional Dairy Producers’ efforts in developing tomorrow’s dairy professionals,” said Joan Behr, WROF president. “We hope the knowledge these five dairy producers gain from Cornerstone Dairy Academy will help them polish their communication and leadership skills so they can be even more effective on their farms and in their communities.”
The Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation is a non-profit organization that began in 1934 to purchase Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-guaranteed loans following the Great Depression to stimulate Wisconsin’s agricultural economy. Today, WROF invests in the education of people from rural Wisconsin so they can transform and improve the economic health and quality of life in their rural areas.
Presented by the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) March 14-15 at the Kalahari Resorts and Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., Cornerstone Dairy Academy is a three-pillar leadership-development program designed to build the skills of dairy farmers and industry professionals who want to lead with purpose, character and integrity.
Professional Dairy Producers (PDPW) is the nation’s largest dairy producer-led organization of its kind, focusing on producer professionalism, stakeholder engagement and unified outreach to share ideas, solutions, resources and experiences that help dairy producers succeed.
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