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<div><b>From:</b> Phipps, Alisha - NRCS, Tucson, AZ <Alisha.Phipps@az.usda.gov></div><div><b>To:</b> Profy, Josephine Rachel - (jprofy) <jprofy@email.arizona.edu>; Larry Howery (lhowery@ag.arizona.edu) <lhowery@ag.arizona.edu></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 11, 2019, 1:13:03 PM MST</div><div><b>Subject:</b> scholarship opportunities</div><div><br></div>
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<a name="link_2"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:New serif;color:#1D5782;">It's Scholarship Season!</span></a><span></span><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:New serif;color:#552100;"></span></h1>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Lots of folks from our Arizona NRCS team are involved in their local communities. Whether its through 4H, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, FFA or anything else,
be sure to let those students in your life know that there are scholarships available to them! </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Please encourage your students to apply at the AZ Foundation web site to complete the general application:</span>
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><a href="https://www.azfoundation.org/Scholarships/ScholarshipOpportunities.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.azfoundation.org/Scholarships/ScholarshipOpportunities.aspx</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">The AZ Foundation is Arizona’s largest private provider of scholarships, with more than 100 online for post-secondary education, both academic and vocational.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Joy Klein</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Director of Scholarships </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Arizona Community Foundation</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Direct 602-682-2040</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><a href="mailto:jklein@azfoundation.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0F43FF;">jklein@azfoundation.org</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993largetext1"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;">The Arizona Community Foundation allows high school seniors and current college students throughout Arizona to apply for more than 100 scholarship awards online with one general application.
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<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%;" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;color:#4E453D;"><a href="https://azfoundation.academicworks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; color: white; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.9pt; background-color: rgb(0, 136, 141); background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-size: auto;">begin
your application</span></a> </span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:17.5pt;">Applicants are matched with all awards for which they qualify</span><span style="font-size:17.5pt;color:#26100B;"></span></h2>
<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;color:#4E453D;">High school seniors, current college students, or graduate level students attending schools anywhere in the U.S. can apply.
The general application process begins in January each year and students are advised to apply early to qualify for the most awards. Some award deadlines begin in March and some deadlines are as late as May. Scholarships are available for two-year and four-year
colleges and universities as well as technical and vocational schools. <a href="https://azfoundation.academicworks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="border-color: windowtext; border-style: none; border-width: 1pt; padding: 0in;">Complete the general application online</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;color:#222222;">.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;color:#4E453D;"></span></p>
<h2><a name="2042"></a><span style="font-size:17.5pt;">Offline Opportunities</span><span style="font-size:17.5pt;color:#26100B;"></span></h2>
<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;color:#4E453D;">In addition to the scholarships available through our online system, explore the opportunities listed below:</span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#4E453D;">The Navajo Youth Achievement Award</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#4E453D;"> supports Navajo youth that are seeking to participate in an
extra-curricular activity that has a fee, program expense, or travel costs. This is not a college scholarship.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#4E453D;"><a href="https://www.azfoundation.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Scholarships/NYAFapplication_fillable.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download the application</a> [PDF,
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<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:Script;color:maroon;">Alisha Phipps</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">
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<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;color:#002060;">Acting District Conservationist – Tucson Field Office<br>
Rangeland Management Specialist </span></p>
<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;color:#002060;">NRCS ATV/UTV Instructor</span></p>
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<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;color:#013385;">USDA-NRCS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"><br>
<span style="color:#002060;">3241 N. Romero Rd. <br>
Tucson, AZ 85705</span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:New serif;color:blue;">alisha.phipps@az.usda.gov</span></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydp8b12b9d4yiv3901561993MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;color:#002060;">Work Cell: (520) 305-1913<br>
Office: (520) 989-5630 <br>
Fax: (855) 848-4340</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:New serif;color:#002060;"></span></p>
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