College Scholarship Program 2023
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.”
Anna Collins
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Tennessee Council of Cooperative recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Anna Collins of Pleasant View. Anna is a student at Middle Tennessee State University and is the daughter of Brian and Elizabeth Levsen, and Brain and Allie Collins. Anna is a junior at Middle Tennessee State University working toward a bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness.
Anna is studying Agribusiness and is planning to pursue a graduate degree in Economics following graduation in December. She is currently conducting research as a part of the University Honors College and serving as a MTSU School of Agriculture Ambassador. She has accepted an internship in merchandising at Tractor Supply Company for the second straight
summer.
Haley Foster
Clarksville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Council of Cooperatives (TCC) recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Haley Foster of Adams, Tennessee. Haley is a student at Austin Peay State University (APSU) and is the daughter of Wes and Jennifer Foster. She is a sophomore working toward a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture with a concentration in Veterinary Technology.
Haley is currently studying veterinary technology because animals are her best friends and she wants to provide for them the love and care they gave her throughout her life. She is part of the Pre-Vet and Veterinary Technology Society at APSU. She has an interest in agriculture because she feels we must emphasize the importance of the natural world that surrounds us and we must learn to take great care of the many plants and animals that diversify and make our world so beautiful. After graduation, Haley hopes to land a job in a zoological or aquatic facility and work with exotic animals.
Ashley Noel Barrow
Cookeville, TN. The Tennessee Council of Cooperatives recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Ashley Noel Barrow of Gordonsville. Ashley is a student at Tennessee Tech University. Ashley is a Junior working toward a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture; Nursery and Landscape Management.
Ashley is employed part-time at Dynamic Excavation as a heavy equipment operator. After college, Ashley intends on starting a business in landscape design and running her own greenhouses growing and propagating landscape plants for wholesale and retail purposes.
Michaela Nichols
Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Council of Cooperatives (TCC) recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Michaela Nichols of Madisonville. Michaela is a student at the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) and is the daughter of Adam and Becky Nichols. Michaela is an Animal Science major with a Pre-Vet concentration.
Michaela is currently studying animal science and will be applying to vet school this fall with hopes of starting next spring at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. She is a member of the Tellico Plains First Baptist Church and Michaela says she would not be able to make it through school without her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. When not studying, she enjoys spending time with family or messing with her sheep. This semester she is participating in sow care, an independent study offered through school and has thoroughly enjoyed pulling piglets and learning about the industry and management of pigs. On the weekends she works at Sweetwater Veterinary Hospital, a small animal clinic near her hometown. She also goes on farm calls with a local large animal vet when time allows.