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Bison Scholarships Awarded to Five University Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

$25,000 in Financial Support Awarded <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 5, 2024 (Westminster, CO) \u2013 Five emerging livestock industry leaders received welcomed financial support this month as they were named recipients of 2025 Throlson American Bison Foundation and Zahringer Memorial Scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scholarship review committee reviewed numerous applications and narrowed it down to five stand-out students. Meredith Halweg, from the University of Wyoming, is this year\u2019s recipient of $5,000 from the Rich Zahringer Memorial Scholarship Fund, which supports those students who focus on agricultural business and accounting in recognition of the fund\u2019s namesake, who was a longtime bison industry accountant and is among the pioneers of the modern bison-business. The scholarship is made possible by Rocky Mountain Natural Meats in Henderson, CO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Throlson American Bison Foundation is distributing $20,000 to four recipients leading the way in bison focused academics. The primary mission of the foundation is to annually award scholarships in bison related studies. Some previous winning students have pursued degrees in veterinary medicine (production or pathology research), nutrition (livestock or meat), animal science, and behavior science. One common theme they have all possessed is an interest in the advancement of the bison industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s scholarship recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n