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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The Western Region Certified Crop Advisor program (WRCCA) is excited to announce the
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">WRCCA will also be offering honorariums to professors who teach agronomy related coursework. There are four $500 honorariums available. To apply, write and submit a simple plan outlining
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Scholarship and honorarium applications will be submitted online through the scholarship and honorarium homepage under the awards tab (<a href="http://www.wrcca.org/" target="_blank" title="http://www.wrcca.org/"><span style="color:#598FDE">www.wrcca.org</span></a>)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">.
<b>Applications due MAY 14<sup>th</sup>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">In September, winners will be honored at the 2021 Crop Consultant Conference. Please see the attached press release for more details. Additionally, feel free to
share this opportunity with students and fellow colleagues who maybe interested in applying for awards.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">It is the board’s hope that scholarship recipients are the next generation of certified crop advisers leading the way in the agriculture industry.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0C234B">Maya Azzi, M.S.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767171;background:white">ASEMS fosters a culture of inclusive excellence at the University of Arizona by empowering STEM students with the tools necessary to succeed
while recognizing their unique backgrounds and assets.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C00000">The University of Arizona sits on the original homelands of Indigenous peoples who have stewarded this land since time immemorial. Aligning with the university’s
core value of a diverse and inclusive community, it is an institutional responsibility to recognize and acknowledge the people, culture, and history that make up the Wildcat community. At the institutional level, it is important to be practice in broadening
awareness throughout campus to ensure our students feel represented and valued.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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