Now in its 14th year, the RAS Foundation Rural Scholarship program offers financial support to tertiary education students who are helping shape the future of regional NSW by forging careers within rural or regional communities.
Record funds of $516,000 will be distributed among the 91 scholarship recipients this year, with an aim to help ease the burdens associated with pursuing higher education such as relocating to urban centres, study costs, and the inability to work consistently due to study workloads or placements.
A veterinary science student at Charles Sturt University in Wagga, Ms McCrabb said she is grateful to be selected as she enters her fifth year of study and edges one step closer to her dream career.
“Growing up on a farm in rural New South Wales, I have always been surrounded by animals and always wanted to be a vet when I ‘grew up’,” she said.
“Studying vet science will allow me to make that dream come true and provides me with the opportunity to continue working with both animals and producers, which is something I am very passionate about.
“Rural Australia needs vets and I am looking forward to joining the industry upon graduating.
“The workload and placement requirements of my course make it difficult to pick up additional work throughout the uni semester, so having the support of the RAS Foundation scholarship means I can cover accommodation and associated travel costs.”
Other Murray region scholarship recipients are:
Alexandra Martin, Noorong - Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Charles Sturt University.
Casey Pratt, Tumbarumba - Bachelor of Education (K-12) at CSU.
Jessica Toogood, Henty - Bachelor of Agricultural Science at CSU.
Kate Nelson, Tooleybuc - Bachelor of Education (K-12) at CSU.
Phoebe Nelson, Tooleybuc - Bachelor of Education (K-12) at CSU.
Talissa Haberman, Gerogery - Bachelor of Education TAS at CSU.
Applications for the 2025 RASF Rural Scholarship are open until September 22 2024. For further information, please visit www.rasf.org.au.
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