About our Scholarship Programs
The Ventura County chapter of California Women for Agriculture (VC-CWA) strives to promote agriculture awareness and education within our community. In support of this initiative, VC-CWA administers two local scholarship programs:
- Ag In The Classroom Conference Scholarships for local teachers: The 2021 Conference was virtual, but 2022 will be live and in person, right here in Ventura! Get all the details about the 2022 conference here. Teachers, you can download your application for an AITC Scholarship here. Click here to join our email list, and we'll be sure to let you know as soon as we hear anything new!
- College Scholarships for local students planning to study and pursue careers related to agriculture. The 2022 scholarship applications were received on or before June 5. Scholarship recipients were announced on stage at the 2022 Ventura County Fair.
The Ventura County chapter of California Women for Agriculture (VC-CWA) strives to promote agriculture awareness and education within our community. In support of this initiative, VC-CWA administers two local scholarship programs:
- Ag In The Classroom Conference Scholarships for local teachers: The 2021 Conference was virtual, but 2022 will be live and in person, right here in Ventura! Get all the details about the 2022 conference here. Teachers, you can download your application for an AITC Scholarship here. Click here to join our email list, and we'll be sure to let you know as soon as we hear anything new!
- College Scholarships for local students planning to study and pursue careers related to agriculture. The 2022 scholarship applications were received on or before June 5. Scholarship recipients were announced on stage at the 2022 Ventura County Fair.
2022 College Scholarships Awarded:
We were pleased to have awarded six $1000 scholarships in 2022, and look forward to seeing what these amazing students achieve!
We were pleased to have awarded six $1000 scholarships in 2022, and look forward to seeing what these amazing students achieve!
Our 2022 VC-CWA Scholarship Winners were:
Carolyn Leavens Memorial Scholarship: Julissa Valencia Ortega Topa Topa Flywheelers Scholarship: Allison Reiman Agriculture Employee Family Award: Enrique Rodriguez General CWA Scholarship: Sam Hoyt Andrew Arroyo Travis Smith Click here to learn more about our 2022 recipients. Thank you to all the students that entered the 2022 contest and to the Topa Topa Flywheelers for their generous support of our scholarship program. |
Ag in the Classroom is an annual 3-day conference where teachers and education professionals can learn about agriculture, and be provided with tools, tricks, and curriculum which will enable them to bring agriculture into their classrooms. When we help our teachers introduce the next generation to the importance of agriculture, we all will benefit for generations to come.
2022's Ag in the Classroom Conference will be held in Ventura.
Meet our 2019 Ag in the Classroom Scholarship recipients:
2022's Ag in the Classroom Conference will be held in Ventura.
Meet our 2019 Ag in the Classroom Scholarship recipients:
What a great opportunity for these teachers and their students!
In 2019, your support enabled VCCWA to scholarship these local teachers to Ag In The Classroom: Stacy Hunter and Susan Camarena, teachers at Huemene Elementary School, Steve Alnwick, an Inclusion Teacher who works with disabled students (his wife was able to go too!), Maria Chambers, a teacher at Sonshine Preschool in Ventura.
Thank you for your support and helping make this program possible.
In 2019, your support enabled VCCWA to scholarship these local teachers to Ag In The Classroom: Stacy Hunter and Susan Camarena, teachers at Huemene Elementary School, Steve Alnwick, an Inclusion Teacher who works with disabled students (his wife was able to go too!), Maria Chambers, a teacher at Sonshine Preschool in Ventura.
Thank you for your support and helping make this program possible.
If you would like to specifically support VCCWA's Scholarship Program, we would love to hear from you. Please click here to contact us and share your thoughts on this. Supporting our students and teachers in their agriculture hopes and dreams is a great investment.