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Purdue student receives TCF scholarship

Purdue University student Brooks Royal was a recipient of a Chicago Farmers’ scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year. A student in the College of Agriculture at Purdue, Brooks studied Agricultural Systems Management and graduated in May 2021.

In a thank you note to TCF, Brooks shared that he was involved in showing livestock animals (mainly pigs) and he was an active member of the Purdue football team. Brooks was one of five student athletes from Purdue’s College of Agriculture to earn Academic All Big Ten recognition during the fall 2020 sports season.  He was among 96 Purdue student athletes to earn the title across the university.

To qualify for the academic Big Ten honor, a student-athlete must carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher while enrolled full-time. 2020 was the third year that Brooks earned the honor.

“Thank you for accepting me as a recipient of a Chicago Farmers’ scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year,” Brooks wrote in his note. “The gift is very much appreciated due to the fact I am an out of state student, which makes the cost of Purdue much higher for me. This scholarship helps assist me reach my goal of being a successful student at Purdue.”

Brooks, a native of the state of Georgia, said that he chose to attend Purdue rather than a college closer to his home in Fitzgerald, Georgia, because Purdue ranks number one in Agricultural Systems Management and he also was offered a preferred walk-on opportunity with the football team.

Brooks said his goals included graduating from Purdue with a degree in Agricultural Systems Management and a minor in Animal Science and to use the skills he has acquired in his home state of Georgia. Noting that he was unsure of where these skills would lead him, he said that among the possibilities are creating his own company or becoming involved with an existing company. “I will not let my degree go to waste,” wrote Brooks.

Brooks wrote, “Thank you again for this generous scholarship. I hope to make you very proud in my future career.”