{"id":56601,"date":"2021-08-09T11:53:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/?p=56601"},"modified":"2023-10-04T09:06:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:06:59","slug":"lariat-future-innovators-foundation-announces-2021-scholarship-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/lariat-future-innovators-foundation-announces-2021-scholarship-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lariat Future Innovators Foundation Announces 2021 Scholarship Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Lariat Future Innovators Foundation<\/a> has selected three outstanding students as its 2021 Lariat STEM Scholars. The Lariat STEM Scholars for the 2021-22 school year are Jacob Adams, Camryn Tims and Anna Wright. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lariat STEM Scholarship Program<\/a> supports STEM students who live in rural areas (with less than 25,000 in population) in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany students take a bus for 30 minutes or so to get to high school outside their small towns, and this doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they go to anything that could be called a city,\u201d Jason Wilson, founder of the Lariat Future Innovators Foundation, told The University Network. \u201cResources are more scarce in these small towns. For instance, there is a lack of libraries and museums. Finally, incomes are generally fairly low in these rural areas. All these items pose a barrier to entry for students wishing to pursue careers requiring higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foundation is funded by a small group of current and retired biotech executives who, like Wilson, came from small towns and recognize that the lack of resources in rural areas presents unique challenges for students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was kind of a vision, mainly of Jason\u2019s, after retirement, to do something for kids kind of like us, or maybe slightly less fortunate. We want to be able to give them a leg up and move them forward in their academic careers,\u201d Keith Ward, a board member of the Lariat Future Innovators Foundation, told TUN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 Lariat STEM Scholars<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jacob Adams<\/strong><\/strong>
<\/h3>Senior at Louisiana Tech University<\/strong><\/span>

Majoring in Biomedical Engineering<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Camryn Tims<\/strong>
<\/h3>Freshman at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>

Majoring in Biological Sciences\/Biology<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anna Wright<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>Senior at New College Of Florida<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>

Majoring in Physical Chemistry<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The winners were selected based on their academic scores, SAT\/ACT scores, academic awards and written essays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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