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JJC Scholarship Recipients

The Chicago Farmers recently awarded scholarships to four Joliet Junior College students. The students include Karli Franklin, Joshua Granger, Matthew Kindlespire, and Garett Severson. All of the students are in Joliet Junior College’s agriculture program.

Karli is majoring in Agriculture Business with a 3.0 GPA. With the completion of her Associate’s degree in Agriculture Business, Karli also hopes to graduate with a certification in social media marketing from JJC. With these accomplishments, Karli plans to work with or own/manage an agricultural product retail business, as well as working as a freelance social media marketing agent for a variety of companies in the United States. Overall, she said that she hopes to work in sales, whether it is for a larger agriculture business or her own agriculture retail business, while working in the marketing field as well.

Joshua holds a 4.0 GPA as a major in Agriculture Production and Management. In his second semester of agricultural classes at Joliet Junior College, Joshua is a 2020 graduate of Bishop McNamara Catholic High School and also completed two years of welding at the Kankakee Area Career Center.

Matthew is an Agriculture Production and Management major and has a 3.8 GPA. He is completing his second full-time semester in JJC’s Agriculture Department. While pursuing an Associate’s degree in his chosen major, Matthew also is employed by his family farm. He hopes to use the knowledge he is obtaining at JJC to further improve the efficiency and production of the family farm’s operations.

Garett holds a 3.3 GPA and is majoring in Agriculture Production and Management. Following completion of his Associate’s degree in his major, Garett said he would become a partner in his family’s farm.