Established by Mrs. Betty S. Abbott and children to
honor her husband and their father, Mr. Weldon B. Abbott
of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. This scholarship is
awarded to students majoring in agriculture and may be
renewed.
Jesse & Ernestine Coker
Scholarship
Established by Dr. and Mrs. Coker to provide annual
scholarships to graduates of Drew Central High School,
Monticello, Arkansas. Mrs. Coker was a
student at Arkansas A&M. Dr. Coker is a former
student of Arkansas A&M, and he served on the faculty
and as an administrator at the University from 1965-86.
A scholarship is awarded to a student majoring in
agriculture and to a student majoring in education.
Vance W. Edmondson Scholarship
Established by Vance W. Edmondson who graduated from
Arkansas A&M in 1938. Dr. Edmondson was a
Professor of Agriculture Economics at Texas A&M.
The scholarship is awarded to a student who is majoring
in agriculture.
Robert L. Hixson Memorial Scholarship
Established by family and friends in memory of Robert L.
Hixson. Recipient must be an agriculture or
forestry major and will be chosen by the Scholarship
Committee.
Robert C. Kirst Endowed
Scholarship
Initially established by the UAM Agriculture Alumni
Society to honor Professor Emeritus of Agriculture
Robert C. Kirst following his retirement from UAM
in 1998. Sufficient funds were raised to
endow the scholarship in October 2007. The
scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior agriculture
major.
B.C. Pickens Scholarship
Established by the trustees of the B.C. Pickens Trust.
The scholarship is awarded to a student with ties to
Pickens, Arkansas and second consideration given to a
student majoring in agriculture.
University of Arkansas
School of Agriculture Scholarship
Formerly
named the John Rust Agriculture scholarship. The
recipient(s) of this scholarship must be an agriculture
major.
Webb/Carter Scholarship
Established by Paul R. and June Webb Carter of
Bentonville, Arkansas in honor of their parents, Moten
and the late Willean Carter and Bessie Webb Horton and
the late Ray Webb. The scholarship is awarded to a
student majoring in agriculture.
Allied Poultry
A one-year
award in agriculture that is funded by money received
from Allied Poultry Industries and matched by funds from
individual donors.
Jimmy Lee Buford Memorial Scholarship
Annual
scholarship administered by the UAM College of
Technology at McGehee. This scholarship was
established in memory of Jimmy Lee Buford and is given
to student(s) in the agriculture department.
Other organizations making
scholarships available to students majoring in
agriculture:
The Razorback Chapter, Soil &
Water Conservation Society Conservation Scholarship
Arkansas Farm Bureau
Federation
Arkansas Crop Protection
Association
Mid-South Grain Elevator &
Processing Society (GEAPS)
UAM Agriculture Alumni Society - awards Robert C.
Kirst Scholarship annually to an agriculture major
