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Alumnus Presented with PEI Federation of Agriculture/FCC Scholarship Matthew Lawless (Class of 2012)

Posted by stephanie rogers on January 29, 2014 in News

Matthew Lawless, from Shamrock, PE, was selected as the recipient of the 2013 PE Federation of Agriculture and Farm Credit Canada scholarship.

The scholarship is a $2,000 non-renewable scholarship and is given to a deserving federation member who is furthering their education.

Matthew is working on his masters of science in plant health at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He is an honours graduate of the Dalhousie University, Agriculture Campus and Kinkora High School. Upon completion of his masters, he plans to continue into a PhD program.

Lawless has worked on a number of farms on PE and continues to work on a dairy farm just outside of Saskatoon.

He was recently presented with the PEIFA/FCC scholarship byPE Federation of Agricuture president, Alvin Keenan.

 Matthew receiving the annual scholarship from federation president, Alvin Keenan.