The sky's the limit for Ontario GROWMARK Intern

Stephanie Campbell of Chatham, and GROWMARK Summer Intern, was one of three college and university students to receive a $1,000 scholarship from GROWMARK this month in Bloomington, Illinois.

This summer, Campbell worked at AGRIS Co-operative in agronomy as a crop intern. Her special project was working with the GPS aerial crop scouting equipment to develop a new service that AGRIS could offer its customers and members.   

To apply for this scholarship, Stephanie submitted an essay that described her summer experience and the impact her project had on the future success of the co-operative as well as her future career opportunities.

In her essay, Stephanie wrote, “One of the biggest assets I will take into my future career opportunities will be the value of asking questions. The environment I worked in throughout this internship was very open to questions and opinions. The contacts I have made in the industry throughout the summer are invaluable and will be utilized in the future as well. 

  

I hope to continue to be a part of the GROWMARK family moving forward. The potential is great, the values stand true and the future of the business is strong.”

Stephanie is entering her fourth year at the University of Guelph and is majoring in food, agriculture and resource economics. She is also co-managing the OAC Leadership Conference and enjoys being involved in College Royal as well as other events throughout the school year. She is active with her local 4-H Association as a member of local clubs and as the county webmaster. This fall, Stephanie will be participating in the Queen of the Furrow competition. 

GROWMARK invests in future talent by providing more than $44,000 in scholarships annually and has been supporting college and university students with scholarships since the early 1960s. Today, they are awarded to students majoring in agriculture or accounting at 16 universities and colleges throughout Ontario and the United States.

To see a demonstration of the GPS aerial equipment Campbell worked with this summer, click on the video below: