BENTONVILLE — A student team aimed at thwarting the isolation some international students experience when arriving in the United States secured $3,000 at the fall 2023 Seed Funding Pitch Competition.
Overseen by the U of A Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the competition allows students to pitch their ideas for a chance at funding in several categories.
Poultry welfare has become more important to consumers and producers in recent years, and it s a critical issue in Arkansas, which leads the nation in poultry production, said Shawna Weimer, director of the Center for Food Animal Wellbeing, which is part of the University of Arkansas System s Division of Agriculture.
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has awarded $20,000 in scholarships to eight students attending Arkansas universities with agricultural programs. The scholarship recipients are: Rachel Davis, Mammoth Springs, Agriculture Business major, and Magon James, DeWitt, Animal Science major, Arkansas State University; Leon Fields, Russellville, Agriculture Education major, and Laney Moore, Danville, Agriculture Education major, Arkansas Tech University; Jonathan Horton, Russell-ville, Agribusiness major, and Mallory Landreth, Taylor, Poultry Science major, Southern Arkansas University; and Gracie Hewat, Fayetteville, Agriculture Education major, and Anna Mathis, Harrison, Agricultural Communications and Leadership major, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.