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A&M-C COEDS WIN AG SAFETY SCHOLARSHIPS
For Immediate Release/12-14-06/Mary Lou Hazal
COMMERCE, Texas -- With wishes of "Merry Christmas and keep in touch
with us," two Tyler educators presented scholarships to Texas A&M
University-Commerce agriculture students.
Scribner, Neb. senior Maggie Pfeiffer Abernathy, Mesquite senior
Ashlee Daniels, and El Paso senior Yvette Pedroza all won $5,000
scholarships funded by the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health,
Injury Prevention, and Education.
Representing this organization at the scholarship presentation Dec.
13 at A&M-Commerce was Dr. J. Torey Nalbone, deputy director.
Dr. Helen E. Miner, director of the Lake Country Area Health
Education Center, was also present to congratulate the A&M-Commerce
coeds. Lake County AHEC was the administering agency for the pilot
scholarship program.
Abernathy and Daniels are both ag science and technology majors
seeking teaching certification in grades 6-12. Pedroza is an animal
science major with pre-vet emphasis.
Also winning scholarships were students from Kilgore College and
Trinity Valley Community College.
To apply for these new scholarships, ag science or pre-vet majors in
northeast Texas had to write essays and have completed an ag safety
project in a class or in the community.
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For Immediate Release/12-14-06/Mary Lou Hazal
A&M-C COEDS WIN AG SAFETY SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS -- Three Texas A&M University-Commerce students
have won scholarships funded by the Southwest Center for
Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education in Tyler. From
left are Dr. J. Torey Nalbone, the center's deputy director; Dr.
Helen E. Miner, director of the Lake Country Area Health Education
Center in Tyler; Scriber, Neb. senior Maggie Pfeiffer Abernathy,
Mesquite senior Ashlee Daniels, and El Paso senior Yvette Pedroza.
At the back is Dr. Pat Bagley, head of the A&M-Commerce Agricultural
Sciences Department.
(A&M-Commerce photo/Craig Buck)
Location of Commerce in northeast Texas
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