The Tennessee Council of Cooperatives recently awarded a $750 scholarship to Jimmy Joe Bryan of Morrison.
Jimmy Joe, the son of Steve and Eleanor Bryan, is a sophomore at MTSU working toward a bachelor’s degree in Ag Business. He has been employed by Warren County Livestock, Bryan Livestock Company, and Randall Walker Farms. He has also worked in the MTSU Farm Laboratories, where he has been involved in all aspects of crop production.
He is a member of the Warren County and Coffee County Farmers Cooperative and is also a member of the Collegiate FFA at MTSU. After graduation, Jimmy Joe hopes to have a career in agriculture and also plans to raise beef cattle.
The Tennessee Council of Cooperatives 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: Austin Peay State University; Middle Tennessee State University; Tennessee Technological University; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the University of Tennessee, Martin; and Tennessee State University.
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. To be considered for the $750 scholarship, the student must be a citizen of Tennessee, enrolled in a college of agriculture, maintain an overall GPA of 2.5, 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, administrative secretary, at 423-447-2121 or via e-mail to smithr@bledsoe.net.
For more information about Tennessee cooperatives, the Tennessee Council of Cooperatives or the TCC scholarship, please visit the TCC website at http://tennesseecouncilofcoops.org.