scholarship during her senior year.
She competed on the ag econ
quiz bowl team that traveled to
regional competitions in Atlanta,
Georgia, and San Antonio, Texas.
Additionally, Rachel attended a
Hunger in the World study abroad
at the University of Bologna, Italy.
“I attended the Hunger In the
World: Causes, Consequences, and
Remedies program for two weeks
in January 2015,” Rachel explains.
“The study abroad class focused on
teaching us about food insecurity.
The first half of the program
was spent at the University of
Bologna. In the second half, we
attended sessions at the Food &
Agriculture Organization at the
United Nations in Rome. It was
very impactful to learn about how
much of the world deals with food
insecurity while at the same time,
food waste is also a huge problem.”
While learning about Italian
culture, Rachel says she also
toured a dairy farm that made
Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and
the Barilla pasta factory. Sight
seeing also took her group to
Florence where they spent a day
exploring the Vatican City.
In 2013, Rachel competed
at National FFA Convention for
agricultural sales and returned
the following year to accept her
American FFA Degree.
An internship in the summer
of 2015 sent Rachel to the
Missouri Pork Association where
she managed educational and
promotional events. She also
interned at the law firm of Haden
& Haden in Columbia in 2016.
Currently in her second
year at the University of Iowa
College of Law in Iowa City,
Iowa, Rachel works as a research
assistant and is the conference
co-chair for the Organization for
Women Law Students and Staff.
She is also a student writer for the
Journal of Corporation Law. The
summer of 2018, she worked as
an intern in Des Moines, Iowa, in
a dual internship program with
Nyemaster Goode law firm and
with in-house counsel at John
Deere Financial.
In 2019, Rachel will spend the
summer working at a law firm in
Kansas City. Having lived all her
life on a cattle ranch and learning
from faculty members and mentors
at MU, Rachel developed a keen
interest in agribusiness law and
litigation. She expects to graduate
in May 2020 with her juris
doctorate degree.
“I’m very thankful for all the
help FCS Financial has provided
me with my education,” Rachel
says. “I’m extremely grateful to
FCS Financial for granting me one
of their scholarships.” Caitlyn has apprenticed at two
organic vegetable farms. As
part of her life goal to become
self-sufficient, she says the
opportunities are broadening
her farming experiences when
compared to growing up on a
small cattle farm.
Currently a farm hand at
an organic farm, Caitlyn lives in
central Illinois.
caitlyn harrison — As an undergraduate at MU,
Kellie was active with Kappa
Alpha Theta sorority. Through
her involvement, she had the
opportunity to volunteer with
Court Appointed Special Advocates
(CASA), Special Olympics, Red
Cross Blood drives and become
a mentor to children at a local
elementary school in Columbia.
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Caitlyn attended Crowder College
in Neosho, Missouri, graduating
in 2015 with an associate degree
in energy efficient building
technologies general construction.
She graduated cum laude in her
class.
Since finishing college,
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After completing her
undergraduate studies in health
science at MU in May 2016, Kellie
was accepted into the University
of Missouri Kansas City School of
Pharmacy at MU.
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