College Scholarship Program 2019

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. Several scholarship recipients from the post currently serve in one of Tennessee’s cooperatives or in one of the state’s agriculture-related agencies that work with, support and help build cooperative businesses.

To be considered for the $1,000 scholarship, the student must be II citizen of Tennessee; enrolled in a college of agriculture; maintain an overall grade point average of2.5 out of a possible 4 points; and, if possible, be in his or her junior year of study.

After graduation, Loran is planning to work in the equine industry where she hopes to be directly involved in providing care to horses. Her long term goal is to open a retirement/rescue home for older horses. She is currently employed at H&R Block in Woodbury. Loran is a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success and her agriculture background includes a working on a Spotted Saddle Horse breeding farm and hobby farming.

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 is made up of member representatives from various cooperative organizations in Tennessee.  The total TCC membership is 60 members consisting of eight parent cooperatives and 52 individual cooperatives, including 19 electric cooperatives, 29 Tennessee Farmer Co-ops, five telephone cooperatives, three financial institutions, two milk cooperatives, one tobacco cooperative and the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation.  Leadership for TCC is provided by 13 voting board members and six ex-officio members.

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.  TCC considers the scholarships an investment in the future of cooperatives and their leadership.  Several scholarship recipients from the past currently serve in one of Tennessee’s cooperatives or in one of the state’s agriculture-related agencies which work with, support and help build cooperative businesses.