Three Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College agriculture students received scholarships during the Orangeburg Area Cattlemen’s Association dinner meeting on Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Tri-County Electric Co-op in St. Matthews. This is the fifth year that the group has awarded scholarships to area students studying agriculture.
The OACA is comprised of members from Orangeburg, Calhoun, Bamberg, Lexington, Dorchester and other surrounding counties. Membership is open to cattle producers and those interested in the industry. For more information or to join, call Elmore at 803-874-3316.
This is the fifth year that the group has awarded scholarships to area students studying agriculture. Pictured are, from left, OACA Scholarship recipients Middleton Bull, Associate in Applied Science in General Technology – Agriculture and Business, and Kyle Freeman, Associate in Science – Soils and Sustainable Crops; OCtech Excellence in Agriculture Scholarship recipient Marquis Jones, Associate in Applied Science in General Technology – Agriculture and Business; OCtech Agriculture Program Coordinator and Dean of Math and Science Melissa Plummer; and OACA President Larry Elmore.The OACA presented an additional scholarship to Hunter Carson, a sophomore in Agribusiness at Clemson University and former Middle College student at OCtech. The scholarship was presented in memory of Roger Thompson by his family and was accepted by Hunter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carson of Lone Star. Pictured are, from left, Carolyn Thompson, Thomas Furlong, Dr. Rebecca Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carson, Riley Godwin and Elmore.
