Cody McClain, a senior in agriscience education from Nevada, Ohio, has been selected for the Upper Division Agricultural Education Scholarship from the National Association of Agricultural Educators.

Cody McClain

NAAE awards $1,500 scholarships to 20 students across the United States. The purpose of the scholarship is to offset expenses during the recipients’ student teaching experience. Selection was based on academic performance, as well as on leadership and service activities. McClain will be student teaching at National Trail High School in New Paris, Ohio, during spring semester 2019.

“Our department was thrilled to learn of Cody as a recipient of this scholarship. Receiving this scholarship is an honor on a national scale, and Cody is very deserving of that honor,” says Tracy Kitchel, department chairman for the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership at Ohio State University, and a departmental professor. “Working a full-time position as a student teacher, in addition to evening and weekend activities that come along with the profession, can be financially challenging. This scholarship will help overcome those challenges for Cody.”

The agriscience education major at OSU prepares its students to acquire a license to teach agricultural science in secondary high schools in Ohio and across the country, with extensive training in agricultural science, educational psychology, instructional methods and youth development. For more information on the agriscience education major, visit the ACEL department webpage, acel.osu.edu, at OSU’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, or call 614-247-6358.

Source: OSU