Over $40,000 in scholarships available from National Dairy Shrine

The National Dairy Shrine is again looking for applications for its annual awarding of scholarships. Applications must be completed by May 1, 2010. Official scholarship application award forms are available on the NDS website, www.dairyshrine.org. Available scholarships include:

• The Dairy Student Recognition Program recognizes and rewards graduating seniors planning a career related to dairy production. There will be a $1,500 cash award given to the winner, a $1,000 reward for second place, and three to seven $500 cash awards, depending on the number and quality of applicants.

• The National Dairy Shrine/Dairy Management, Inc. (DMI) Milk Marketing Scholarships are available to encourage students to pursue careers in the marketing of dairy products. The winner receives a $1,500 scholarship while the other winners receive $1,000 scholarships. Six to nine winners are recognized annually. DMI provides scholarship dollars for scholarship and several other NDS scholarships.The Kildee Scholarships are offered in two categories. Graduate study applicants may include the top 25 All-American contestants in one of the past three National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Contests, plus the Platinum winners in the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge National contests, and these students are eligible to apply for two $3,000 scholarships. Undergraduate students may apply in their junior or senior year of college for one $2,000 Kildee Undergraduate scholarship. Applicants for this scholarship must have been one of the top 25 contestants at the National 4-H or FFA Dairy Judging Contests.

• Two NDS/McCullough scholarships of $2,500 and $1,000 are awarded annually to high school seniors intending to enter a four-year college or university and major in: Dairy/Animal Science with a Communications emphasis or Agricultural Journalism with a Dairy/Animal Science emphasis.

• The NDS/Iager Dairy Scholarship awarded in the amount of $1,000 to a second-year college student in a two-year agricultural college. This scholarship is sponsored from a fund created by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Iager of Fulton, Md.

• A NDS/Core Dairy Scholarship awarded in the amount of $1,000 to a freshman college student in a four-year agricultural college. This scholarship is sponsored from a fund created in honor of Maurice E. Core long-time industry leader and past Executive Director of National Dairy Shrine.

• There are four NDS/Klussendorf scholarships and two NDS/McKown scholarships given in the amount of $2,000 each to students in their first, second, or third year at a two- or four-year college or university. Applicants need to major in career that will help them enter the dairy cattle field.

Former Holstein head, Robert Rumler, passes away

Robert Rumler, long-time Holstein Executive Secretary and dedicated dairy industry leader passed away on January 10, 2010; he was 93 years old. Rumler served as Executive Secretary of the Holstein Friesian Association (now Holstein USA) from 1952 to 1975. In 1976, Rumler was elevated to the position of Executive Chairman. The Holstein breed's influence grew a great deal under his leadership. By the time Rumler retired, over 75 percent of the registered dairy cattle in the U.S. were Holstein. During his tenure, active membership in the Holstein Friesian Association grew from 15,000 to 27,000 with total membership in excess of 40,000. During his tenure in the mid-1970s, the Holstein Friesian Association installed a computer center and became the largest single source of genetic data and information on the Holstein breed in the world.

Born and raised on a Pennsylvania dairy farm, Rumler graduated with honors from Penn State University in 1936. After graduation, he went on to serve as assistant county agent in Missouri. Some 18 months later he came to back Pennsylvania, he became the youngest man to ever be named county agent in the history of the Pennsylvania Extension Service; it was a role he held for nearly eight years. His next challenge was serving three years as editor and assistant manager of the agricultural promotion division of Dupont before he was named, in 1948, as assistant Executive Secretary of the Holstein Friesian Association of America.

Rumler gave a great deal of his time to other dairy organizations. In 1967, he was selected by the USDA as one of four advisors to the newly appointed Joint Task Force on Dairy Research. The very next year, he was elected President of National Dairy Shrine. Rumler also served as an officer and director of the National Society of Livestock Record Associations. He also provided leadership to the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association and was an original member of the National DHIA coordinating group. In 1976, Rumler was named National Dairy Shrine Guest of Honor and in 1979 he received World Dairy Expo's Industry Person of the Year Award. In 1996, Rumler also received World Dairy Expo's International Person of the Year making him the only person to win two of World Dairy Expo's recognition awards.

In 1974, Rumler agreed to co-chair the fundraising committee with Robert Walton for National Dairy Shrine's permanent home in Fort Atkinson, Wis. At the National Dairy Shrine's dedication on September 29, 1981, Rumler said, "What you see today in this permanent home of the Shrine is a museum with a perspective of the future. It is a building, an exhibit hall, filled with memorabilia of the past, reminding us of how far our industry has come. It pictures those leaders who made the industry what it is today. It provides a suggestion of what is yet to come while we both see and hear the fascinating saga of the evolution of our industry."

Dairy Internship Directory Available

College students who are looking for an internship can find an assortment of possibilities on the Dairy Shrine website. The directory currently contains 36 different internships across the country available to college students. Because some of the internship positions have more than one intern, the actual number of offerings totals 69. There are opportunities for students to take internships in communications, public relations, marketing, on-farm consulting, youth education, and company development. To visit the directory, go to www.dairyshrine.org and click on Students’ Corner found on the website’s left navigation bar. From there, click on Internships to find the complete directory.

If companies would like to post their internship on this directory, they can go to the Internship page and scroll to the bottom and select the Post an Internship icon. There they can fill in details about their internship and have it posted free of charge for college students from across the globe.

National Dairy Shrine brings together dairy producers, scientists, students, educators, marketers, and others who share a desire to preserve our dairy heritage and to keep the dairy industry strong. National Dairy Shrine now has over 17,000 members encompassing virtually every facet of the industry. In addition, Dairy Shrine gives over $30,000 annually in scholarships to dairy students. Postings for these scholarships also can be found under the Students’ Corner on the National Dairy Shrine website.

To join the 17,600 members of National Dairy Shrine, contact Dave Selner at National Dairy Shrine, P.O. Box 1, Maribel, WI 54227; e-mail info@dairyshrine.org or phone at (920) 863-6333.

National Dairy Shrine announces 2009 scholarship winners

The National Dairy Shrine announces the winners of its scholarships which will be presented at the awards banquet at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. on Thursday, October 1. National Dairy Shrine will provide more than $35,000 of scholarship awards to students at that event. For information about Awards Banquet or ticket reservations, please contact the office of National Dairy Shrine at 920-863-6333 or e-mail at info@dairyshrine.org.

NDS Student Recognition Awards
The NDS student recognition program recognizes graduating seniors planning a career related to the dairy industry who have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills, academic ability, and a sincere interest in dairy cattle. Each university is allowed to nominate up to two candidates for this recognition in any given year. The highest winner receives a $1,500 award, the second a $1,000 award and the other winners receive $500 awards.
The top awardee is Jennifer Rassler from Kempton, Pa. She is 4.0 grade point student at Penn State University majoring in animal science. The second award goes to Aaron Horst of Chambersburg, Pa. He is a dairy science major at Virginia Polytechnic and State University.
Next is David Wilson from Port Royal, Pa. He is an animal science student at Penn State University. Then Andrew Birch from Derby, Vt. He is majoring in animal science at the University of Vermont. Next is Clayton Wood from Littlestown, Pa. He is an animal science major at Cornell University. Next is Julia Hudyncia from Fort Plain, N.Y. She was an animal science major at Cornell University. The next awardee was Katherine Boesch from DeKalb, Ill. She was an animal science major at the University of Illinois. Following is Clint Harre from Nashville, Ill. He was an animal science major form the University of Illinois. The final recognition awardee is Ashley Messing from Bad Axe, Mich. She was a animal science major form Michigan State University.

Kildee Scholarship Awards
Receiving the Kildee Graduate Studies Scholarship is Lora Wittenberg of Fort Collins,Colo.
Jessica Achen of Sauk Centre, Minn., has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the Kildee Undergraduate Studies Scholarship.

NDS/DMI Milk Marketing Scholarships
Londa Johnson, of LaCrescent, Minn. has been awarded the 2009 National Dairy Shrine /DMI Milk Marketing $1,500 Scholarship. Additionally, six other undergraduate students have been awarded $1,000 scholarships and are listed alphabetically. These generous scholarships are made possible by DMI and NDS to encourage students to pursue careers in dairy product marketing.
Londa Johnson is majoring in dairy science with a minor in business and professional communication at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. Jessica Achen, of Sauk Centre, Minn., is an animal science major with a dairy production emphasis at the University of Minnesota. Stephanie Beeman, of Carlisle, Pa., is majoring in agribusiness management at Penn State University. Skylar Ryll, of Royalston, Mass., is majoring in animal science/agribusiness at Cornell University. Charlie Schiller, of Freeport, Minn., is an animal science major (dairy emphasis) at the University of Minnesota. Brandon Thesing, of Winona, Minn., is studying animal science with a dairy industry emphasis at the University of Minnesota. Abby Udermann, of Sartell, Minn., is an animal science (dairy production emphasis) major at the University of Minnesota.

McCullough Scholarships
Each year, two scholarships are awarded by National Dairy Shrine in memory of Marshall E. McCullough, the well-respected nutrition researcher and educator from Georgia. National Dairy Shrine is pleased to announce the 2009 McCullough Scholarship Winners - Angela Boesche of DeKalb, Ill. and Kyle Schirm from West Salem, Ohio.

Core Scholarship
Danielle Brown of Dodgeville, Wis., has won the first-ever Maurice Core Scholarship to be awarded at World Dairy Expo by National Dairy Shrine. The $1,000 award is given in honor of Maurice Core, the long-time executive secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Association, and, more recently, the executive director of the National Dairy Shrine.

Iager Scholarship
The Iager Scholarship for $1,000 is awarded annually to a second-year student in a two-year agricultural school to pursue a career in the dairy industry. The recipient this year is Ariel Garland from Northfield, Mass. She is attending SUNY Cobleskill and majoring in dairy cattle management. This scholarship was started by a generous donation from the Charles and Judy Iager family of Fulton, Md.

Klussendorf/McKown Scholarship Winners
Robb Bender of Cleveland, Wis., and Maureen Lee of Johnson Creek, Wis.,have been named the 2009 Dairy Shrine-Klussendorf Association Scholarship Award winners and Matthew Mitchell of LaFollette, Tenn., has been named the first Robert “Whitey” McKown Scholarship winner. These $1,500 scholarships are awarded by the National Dairy Shrine and the Klussendorf Association. They were made possible by generous gifts by the late Klussendorf member, Chris Kampf, numerous friends of Robert “Whitey” McKown, and gifts from fund raisers by the Klussendorf

National Dairy Shrine names award winners

National Dairy Shrine (NDS) is pleased to announce the winners of the Pioneer, Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder, and Guest of Honor Awards for this year. These awards were designed to honor dairy industry leaders who have contributed to strengthening and enlivening the dairy industry.

Dr. William Sandine is the Guest of Honor, the highest award from the National Dairy Shrine. This award goes to an individual who has had a dramatic impact on the dairy industry and its future. Dr. Sandine had an illustrious career at Oregon State University. He mentored over 70 graduate students and developed several patented processes to improve cheese making and extending the shelf life of cheese and other processed foods. He truly changed the efficiency of the production of cheese. His patents are still being actively used today by cheese plants all over the world.

The NDS Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder is Duane Conant from Canton, Maine. The Conant Acres prefix is known throughout the world for quality Holstein cattle and friendly hospitality. Duane also has served on several Maine and national boards and committees. He has shown great leadership abilities and the foresight to try innovative breeding ideas.

Through an anonymous selection committee, Ernest Berousek, Phil Higley, Truman Graf, and Harry Roth were selected as National Dairy Shrine Pioneers. This year’s honorees are an exemplary display of what this award is about. Ernest Berousek has made significant contributions through his teaching at Oklahoma State and Rhode Island and to his devotion to the Guernsey breed. Phil Higley is best known for starting the business of commercial artificial insemination in 1941 and later became president of American Breeders Service. Professor Truman Graf, University of Wisconsin, was the most prominent dairy economist during the 1960s-1980s in the field of milk marketing. Finally, Harry Roth from Atlantic Breeders Co-op, Pennsylvania, is a true giant in the artificial insemination industry whose career includes buying elite sires to sales manager to general manager of the company.

All of these outstanding winners will be honored at the annual National Dairy Shrine Awards Banquet at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis., on Thursday, October 1, 2009. Please contact Dr. David Selner if you want to reserve banquet tickets at info@dairyshrine.org or at 920-863-6333.

Maurice Core Fund to be established

National Dairy Shrine has a long and storied 60-year history of awarding scholarships to young people. Last year alone, over $30,000 in awards was given to America’s dairy youth. In order to honor more deserving young people, the National Dairy Shrine is establishing a fund to permanently honor the distinguished career of Maurice Core, the former executive secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Association and recently retired executive director of National Dairy Shrine. As a testament to Core’s accomplishments, he was just selected as the 2009 World Dairy Expo Industry Person of the Year. The Maurice Core Scholarship will be awarded to college freshman who are majoring in dairy science or animal science related fields with long-term interests in working in the dairy industry. This scholarship will be based on leadership abilities, volunteer work, activities, and future plans.

Last fall, National Dairy Shrine Board authorized the Maurice Core fund to be established with a fund-raising goal of $50,000. National Dairy Shrine is pleased to announce that we have met 60 percent of our targeted goal but still need help from other dairy industry enthusiasts to reach the fund-raising goal. Initial response has been so generous, National Dairy Shrine will offer the first Core Scholarship this year.

Those interested in making a donation to the Maurice E. Core Scholarship Fund may send it to National Dairy Shrine, Dr. David Selner, Executive Director, P.O. Box 1, Maribel, WI 54227 or call (920) 863-6333 or e-mail info@dairyshrine.org.

Since National Dairy Shrine is a 501-3C education-based charity, all donations are tax deductible, and your donation will be recognized via letter. Additionally, your contribution will be recognized in National Dairy Shrine’s newsletter The Chronicle. During Maurice Core’s tenure as National Dairy Shrine’s executive director, he most graciously and effectively guided National Dairy Shrine to accomplish the organization’s mission of: (1.) Recording dairy history, (2.) Inspiring future dairy leaders, (3.) Honoring top dairy cattle breeders and pioneers, and (4.) Honoring present dairy pioneers.