2022-2023 School Year Scholarship Winners
2022-2023 School Year Scholarship Winners
Leah Ward
Major: Animal Science
Campus: PSU - University Park
Hometown: Smithsburg, MD
Leah Ward is a student at Penn State University and was chosen as our Walter S Anderson Scholarship Winner. She is a senior with a double major in both Food and Animal Science with minors in Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship with a focus on Food and Bio-Innovation, and International Agriculture.
She choose this path in college because of finding out that she had food allergies and started having to look at food labels to determine if it was safe to eat. She also chose animal science when I was in about middle school and participated in 4-h. I found I really enjoyed trying to formulate a good diet for my market animals in order to get them finished in time.
After completing her undergrad at Penn State, she will continue her education and work towards a graduate degree in Food Safety but with Michigan State University while looking for a full-time position that focuses more on the regulatory side of food science and processing.
We look forward to seeing all that Leah can accomplish in the Food Safety Industry and what she will do in the future! Congratulations Leah!
Katelyn Feaster
Major: Food Science
Campus: PSU - University Park
Hometown: Liberty, PA
Katelyn Feaster is a student at Penn State University and was chosen as our Edwin M. Wagner Scholarship Winner. She is a 4th year Undergrad, who has spent her college career learning the different aspects of Food Science, from product development to food microbiology and quality.
She is the current president of the Food Chemistry Club at Penn State and over the past summer she completed a Quality Assurance Internship in the Dairy Industry.
Katelyn is also a member of Earth House for the College of Ag students, as well as a part of Vole (a dance organization) and Circle K (a community service organization).
Katelyn is planning to graduate in May of 2023.
We are proud to support students like her in their journey through college and into the future! Congratulations Katelyn!