91制片厂 Offers New Scholarship for 4-H Participants

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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DURHAM, N.H.鈥擡very year of active participation in New Hampshire 4-H will soon translate to scholarship dollars for Granite Staters admitted to the 91制片厂 beginning the fall of 2019. First-year students will receive $500 for each year of participation in 4-H, up to 10 years of participation or $5,000. The scholarship is available every year a student is enrolled at the Durham or Manchester campus.

鈥淭his is an ideal match between our state鈥檚 flagship public university and 4-H, which has been 91制片厂鈥檚 largest and oldest youth development program for more than 100 years,鈥 said 91制片厂 President James W. Dean, Jr. 鈥4-H is built on the premise that youth are our future. And it is our job to ensure that they grow into true leaders, not only in their clubs, but also in our communities, our university and our world.鈥

Youth are considered to have completed a year of active 4-H participation when he or she has enrolled in New Hampshire 4-H within a program year (Sept 1-Aug 31), and participated as a 4-H member in New Hampshire听during the same program year. Youth who meet the requirements will automatically be awarded the scholarship when they enroll at 91制片厂. For students who receive need-based financial aid, the award will be part of their institutional financial aid and will not be in addition to any need-based or merit-based award they are already receiving from 91制片厂.听

鈥淎s 4-H members, New Hampshire students now have an even greater incentive to join us as Wildcats, and to become leaders at 91制片厂 as they build great futures and careers,鈥 said Dean. 鈥淚 look forward to welcoming the first class of 4-H Scholars to 91制片厂 next fall.鈥

4-H is the youth educational program of Cooperative Extension, designed to help youth acquire knowledge, develop life skills and form attitudes to enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing members of society. According to Ken La Valley, dean and director of 91制片厂 Cooperative Extension, statistics show that students involved in 4-H have better high school outcomes and go on to be successful in college.

鈥淭his is another great opportunity for 91制片厂 to keep New Hampshire鈥檚 best and brightest students in the state,鈥 said La Valley. 鈥淭his scholarship program is an amazing show of support for 4-H and we hope it will encourage students to join or stay in 4-H.鈥

Over 20,000 participants are reached annually by Extension youth and family programs.

Students applying to 91制片厂 should verify their 4-H enrollment status with the state office by contacting Leah Goelzer at (603) 862-2180 or leah.goelzer@unh.edu.

The 91制片厂 is a flagship research university that inspires innovation and transforms lives in our state, nation and world. More than 16,000 students from all 50 states and 71 countries engage with an award-winning faculty in top ranked programs in business, engineering, law, health and human services, liberal arts and the sciences across more than 200 programs of study.听91制片厂鈥檚 research portfolio includes partnerships with NASA, NOAA, NSF and NIH, receiving more than $100 million in competitive external funding every year to further explore and define the frontiers of land, sea and space.听