John and Sandra Bonner AGR New Initiate Scholarship

1. Recipients shall be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences or majoring in an agriculture-related major.
2. Recipients shall be active members in good standing of the Eta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, as determined by the administering authority.
3. Recipients shall be the first member of their family (immediate, grandparents, uncles, cousins) to join the Eta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, as determined by the administering authority.
4. Recipients shall fill out the Eta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity standard financial statement indicating how they are paying for college and how this award will benefit them, as determined by the administering authority.
5. Preference shall be given in the following order:

a) Recipients shall be in good academic standing and shall have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.

b) Recipients shall demonstrate exemplary leadership skills as determined by the administering authority and as evidenced by their active participation in extracurricular activities which involves directing actions, holding office, chairing committees, and/or receipt of awards. Examples of extracurricular activities include involvement in recognized student organizations, professional organizations, or community service. This award shall be made available to students of sophomore or junior class standing. Preference shall be given to sophomores but may be awarded to juniors if there are no eligible sophomore applicants. Recipients shall fill out an application for this scholarship upon successful completion of their first two (2) semesters.

Administration: The Donors request that scholarships be a minimum of $1,000. Scholarship recipients shall be selected by the Eta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho scholarship committee and shall be selected in the fall semester and announced at Homecoming. In any year if there is no applicant selected from the sophomore class a member of the junior class may be considered.