The Tennessee Council of Cooperatives (TCC) recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Katelynn Cammack, daughter of Jane and Kevin Mitchell. The Tennessee Tech University senior is pursuing a degree in agricultural communication and education. After graduation she plans to teach agriculture to high school students.

Cammack is a member of the Student Government Association, Putnam County Young Farmers and Ranchers, TTU Collegiate FFA, and Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority. Her agriculture background includes work experience in FFA and agriculture classes at TTU which has grown her passion to teach at the high school level.
The TCC is a nonprofit organization established to promote the cooperative form of business through education and promotion of all types of cooperatives. TCC has two types of membership including “parent cooperatives” and “individual cooperatives.”

The TCC sponsors six college scholarships for agricultural students from each of Tennessee’s four-year agriculture programs. The scholarship program, started in 1984, is an effort to acknowledge and aid the young people most likely to return to communities served by rural cooperatives. TCC considers the scholarships an investment in the future of cooperatives and their leadership.

To be considered for the $1,000 scholarship, the student must be a citizen of Tennessee; enrolled in a college of agriculture; maintain an overall grade point average of 2.5 out of a possible 4 points; and, if possible, be in his or her junior year of study.

For more information about Tennessee cooperatives, the Tennessee Council of Cooperatives or the TCC scholarship, contact Roberta Smith, TCC Administrative Secretary, at 423-447-2121 or via e-mail to smithr@bledsoe.net.