The Throlson American Bison Foundation and Zahringer Memorial Scholarship are proud to announce $30,000 in scholarship awards are being given to eight college students. The scholarship committee reviewed numerous applications before narrowing it down to the final eight.
The Rich Zahringer Memorial Scholarship Fund will support $6,000 this year to students who focus on agricultural business and accounting. This is in recognition of the fund’s namesake, who was a longtime bison industry accountant and is among the pioneers of the modern bison-business. The scholarship is made possible by Rocky Mountain Natural Meats in Henderson, Colorado.
The Throlson American Bison Foundation is distributing $24,000 to recipients leading the way in bison-focused academics. The primary mission of the foundation is to annually award scholarships in bison related studies. Some previous winning students have pursued degrees in veterinary medicine (production or pathology research), nutrition (livestock or meat), animal science, and behavior science. One common theme they have all possessed is an interest in the advancement of the bison industry.
This year’s scholarship recipients include:
- Maite de Almeida, University of Saskatchewan
- Ekatrina Lopez-Bondarchuk, South Dakota State University
- Alex Sleep, West Texas A&M
- Angela Lemminger, South Dakota State University
- Joseph Vinod Varre, Utah State University
- Garrett Weldy, South Dakota State University
- Bree Eastman, Montana State University
- Kallen Kafka, South Dakota State University
The Throlson American Bison Foundation is named after its founder, Ken Throlson, DVM, a pioneer of the modern bison business and awards outstanding college students with an interest in the burgeoning bison industry. You can support the Throlson American Bison Scholarship by making a tax-deductible to the Throlson American Bison Foundation by contacting the NBA at (303) 292-2833 or by emailing info@nationalbison.org.
The NBA also has a Supporter membership for individuals that are interested in learning more about the bison business. NBA Supporter members can access educational resources on the website, receive discounted conference rates, consign animals to the Gold Trophy Show & Sale held in Denver in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show, and receive an e-subscription to Bison World and the NBA newsletter, the Weekly Update, among other benefits.