Students seeking a graduate degree in a field related to the pork industry at a land-grant university are encouraged to apply for the 2023 Neil Dierks Scholarship, a $5,000 scholarship sponsored by the National Pork Industry Foundation and managed and administered by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).
“The U.S. pork industry can boast of many visionary leaders, including Neil Dierks who contributed to countless successes and faced innumerable challenges. The National Pork Industry Foundation established the Neil Dierks Scholarship, designed to support students seeking a graduate degree in a field related to the pork industry at a land grant university, to help create more leaders for this vibrant industry,” the National Pork Industry Foundation said in a release.
Dierks, former CEO of NPPC, was well known for the way he encouraged, challenged, supported and equipped members as they advocated for opportunities in trade as well as reasonable regulation. Above all, the National Pork Industry Foundation wrote that he nurtured leadership for the pork industry, seeking and elevating talented persons with a variety of skills to serve as resources and decision-makers for today and tomorrow.
This one-time scholarship award is to be given to one individual annually who carries on Dierks’ mission to equip new leaders for the industry he served so well. The scholarship will be administered by the National Pork Industry Foundation with applications due each December. The award will be presented annually during the National Pork Industry Forum.
For more information about the Neil Dierks Scholarship Foundation, please contact Janine Van Vark, Director of Outreach Marketing at NPPC, vanvarkj@nppc.org. Applications are due Dec. 31.
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