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Hello, I am Larry Somsen. I have agreed to serve as the Chairman of the Awards & Scholarship
Committee for the next year. I would like to introduce myself to my fellow SDASCOE membership
who may not know me. I have been the CED in Kingsbury County for the past 23 years and am
married to Marlene and have four grown children and 4 grandchildren. I have been a proud
member of SDASCOE for all 23 years.
Nominations for the Distinguished Service Awards are now being accepted thru February 1,
2011. It is time for members of SDASCOE to start thinking of nominating a deserving NASCOE
member for one of the three Distinguished Service Awards available each year. Distinguished
Service awards are available for Service to SDASCOE / NASCOE, Service to Agriculture, and
Service to Community. I know that South Dakota has many NASCOE members who are deserving
of one of these awards. Please take the time to nominate your co-worker who are deserving of
one of these awards. I would like to see several nominations in each category if at all possible.
Detailed eligibility information for each of the three Distinguished Service awards along with the
required fillable application forms can be found at the NASCOE Website at:
http://nascoe.org/Awards.aspx. Please complete the nomination forms in their entirety and return
the forms to me prior to February 1, 2011 deadline.
NASCOE has two Scholarship Programs available to NASCOE Members for themselves,
their children, spouse or legal dependant(s), providing that all other eligibility requirements are
met.
The traditional NASCOE Scholarship Program is provided to the children, legal dependants,
and spouse of eligible NASCOE Members. This award may only be used to defray expenses for a
student at an accredited school. Applicants must be a NASCOE member, member's spouse,
member's child, or member's legal dependent. The NASCOE member's dues must be paid and
membership kept current for the past 5 years, or since becoming a permanent FSA County
Office Employee. The evaluation criteria are based on ability, incentive assistance, and other
personal characteristics. Nominations for Scholarships are competitive. NASCOE scholarship
program applications found on the NASCOE website must be used and submitted to me prior to
March 1, 2011. All eligible applications will be forwarded to the Area Judging committee to
determine a Area winner of a $1,500.00 award. The National winner is selected from Area
winners, and the National winner receives $2,500.00. The time schedule contained in the
NASCOE Awards/Scholarships booklet must be followed.
Members of NASCOE, have a NASCOE Members Continuing Education Scholarship
Program available to them. This is a special NASCOE Scholarship award that will be awarded to
NASCOE Members that are taking additional college credits to further enhance their careers
within the Farm Service Agency (FSA). Each Area will be allowed to award one scholarship
winner $200.00 to broaden their portfolio for adult education courses to enhance and advance
their careers within FSA.
Please check out the Awards and Scholarship web pages on the NASCOE website for all the
details for all available awards and Scholarships for this coming year.
Submitted by,
Larry Somsen, Chairperson of Awards and Scholarship Committee
Committee for the next year. I would like to introduce myself to my fellow SDASCOE membership
who may not know me. I have been the CED in Kingsbury County for the past 23 years and am
married to Marlene and have four grown children and 4 grandchildren. I have been a proud
member of SDASCOE for all 23 years.
Nominations for the Distinguished Service Awards are now being accepted thru February 1,
2011. It is time for members of SDASCOE to start thinking of nominating a deserving NASCOE
member for one of the three Distinguished Service Awards available each year. Distinguished
Service awards are available for Service to SDASCOE / NASCOE, Service to Agriculture, and
Service to Community. I know that South Dakota has many NASCOE members who are deserving
of one of these awards. Please take the time to nominate your co-worker who are deserving of
one of these awards. I would like to see several nominations in each category if at all possible.
Detailed eligibility information for each of the three Distinguished Service awards along with the
required fillable application forms can be found at the NASCOE Website at:
http://nascoe.org/Awards.aspx. Please complete the nomination forms in their entirety and return
the forms to me prior to February 1, 2011 deadline.
NASCOE has two Scholarship Programs available to NASCOE Members for themselves,
their children, spouse or legal dependant(s), providing that all other eligibility requirements are
met.
The traditional NASCOE Scholarship Program is provided to the children, legal dependants,
and spouse of eligible NASCOE Members. This award may only be used to defray expenses for a
student at an accredited school. Applicants must be a NASCOE member, member's spouse,
member's child, or member's legal dependent. The NASCOE member's dues must be paid and
membership kept current for the past 5 years, or since becoming a permanent FSA County
Office Employee. The evaluation criteria are based on ability, incentive assistance, and other
personal characteristics. Nominations for Scholarships are competitive. NASCOE scholarship
program applications found on the NASCOE website must be used and submitted to me prior to
March 1, 2011. All eligible applications will be forwarded to the Area Judging committee to
determine a Area winner of a $1,500.00 award. The National winner is selected from Area
winners, and the National winner receives $2,500.00. The time schedule contained in the
NASCOE Awards/Scholarships booklet must be followed.
Members of NASCOE, have a NASCOE Members Continuing Education Scholarship
Program available to them. This is a special NASCOE Scholarship award that will be awarded to
NASCOE Members that are taking additional college credits to further enhance their careers
within the Farm Service Agency (FSA). Each Area will be allowed to award one scholarship
winner $200.00 to broaden their portfolio for adult education courses to enhance and advance
their careers within FSA.
Please check out the Awards and Scholarship web pages on the NASCOE website for all the
details for all available awards and Scholarships for this coming year.
Submitted by,
Larry Somsen, Chairperson of Awards and Scholarship Committee