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NCIS Scholarship Program
Helps Deserving Students
By Dr. Laurence M. Crane, NCIS

In 2010, the NCIS Board of Directors approved the NCIS 1890 Scholarship Program to
help qualified students at the 1890 Land Grant
Universities complete their education and prepare them for careers in agriculture. Since that
time, more than two dozen students have been
awarded a scholarship, helping many first-generation college students afford a better education.
The crop insurance industry is actively working
to increase the diversity in its workforce, reflecting the diversity of the farmers it serves, and
the NCIS scholarship program is a key building
block in preparing and delivering an educated
and diverse workforce.
The NCIS scholarship recipients are all academically sound and well-rounded students who
participate in extracurricular activities and give
back to their communities. They exhibit excellence
in the classroom and have a sense of community
citizenship that extends beyond campus borders.
They truly are exceptional young men and women, and NCIS is honored to support them.

NCIS 1890 Scholarship
Recipients for 2020

The NCIS 1890 scholarship recipients for
2020-2022 are:
Andrion Erves, Vicksburg, Miss., is majoring
in Environmental Science at Alcorn State University (ASU) in Lorman, Miss. From an early age
science has intrigued Andrion. Her mother was a
science teacher for 15 years and her grandfather
taught horticulture for 30 years. She feels majoring in environmental science can help expand her
knowledge of the many relationships between science, engineering, and agriculture. She is a member of various clubs and organizations such as

Andrion Erves

Trevor Folsom

Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and
Related Sciences (MANRRS), the National Society of Leadership and Success, and Collegiate 100
Women of ASU. Andrion's hobbies include painting, volunteering, and playing tennis.
Her goal is to eventually receive her doctorate in Environmental Science and become a
teacher, helping young people understand and
appreciate science.

stock production. He also hopes to someday have
his own farm.

Trevor Folsom, Cushing, Okla., is majoring
in Natural Resource Management with a minor
in crop and soil science, at Langston University in
Oklahoma. Trevor is an exceptional student who
has distinguished himself in the classroom with
his academics and in the community with his
service. His family raises cattle and he also works
on a neighbor's ranch. Production agriculture has
taught him the values of family, faith, community, and hard work.
His goal is to attend graduate school at Oklahoma State University to prepare himself for a
career in natural resource management and live-

Jaevien Akinmola is from Manning, S.C.,
and is majoring in Agribusiness at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg. During the
past two years he has been the highest-ranking
agribusiness major, the president of the South

Jaevien Akinmola
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