Campus Update Ep. 20 | Dr. Kristin Kovar (Ag Bowl Scholarship Invite)

Associate Professor of Agricultural Education Dr. Kristin Kovar previews the upcoming Ag Bowl Scholarship Invite.

SMSU will host the 12th Annual Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational, presented by Ralco Nutrition of Marshall, on Friday, February 3, 2023. SMSU will welcome close to 1,000 FFA students from across the state back to the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University for this year’s invitational. 

The Ag Bowl Scholarship Invite is a competition for FFA members to participate in FFA-certified Career Development Events (CDEs). Students can compete individually and as a team. The top FFA chapter will receive $500, the second-place chapter will receive $300, and a randomly selected chapter will receive $200. In team competition, each member of the first-place team will be awarded $500 in scholarship dollars and each member on the second-place team will receive $250 in scholarship dollars to SMSU. Individual CDE winners will receive scholarship dollars to SMSU: $500 to first-place winners and $250 to second-place winners. 
 
The goal is to bring more awareness to high school students through this invitational, while giving them the opportunity to challenge themselves in several different CDEs. Proceeds from Ag Bowl and the Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational help to fund scholarships and programming to SMSU students and young people who dedicate their careers to business success in agriculture, environmental science, and the food industries. SMSU's educational programs in agriculture, environmental science, and food arts & sciences develop young people who spend their careers working to grow the economic success of the agricultural industry.

In addition to the title sponsor, Ralco Nutrition of Marshall, this year’s sponsors include: AgCountry Farm Credit Services, Lyon County Corn & Soybean Growers, Minnesota Corn Growers Association, and the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council.

For information on the Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational, contact the SMSU Foundation at  agbowlsi@smsu.edu or (507)537-6266.

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