FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the U of A has awarded close to 500 student scholarships for 2016-17 worth more than $600,000.

The college and its 10 units combined to award 458 scholarships to 295 students worth $602,565, according to Project Director for Scholarships and External Relations Kaitlin Gragnano.

The Dean's Office awarded 133 collegewide scholarships worth $203,500. The School of Human Environmental Sciences and the nine departments combined to award 325 scholarships worth $399,065.

"Sixty-seven percent of our students who applied were awarded a scholarship," said Gragnano.

Bumpers College expects to make similar awards in 2017-18. The deadline to apply for next year is Wednesday, Feb. 15. For more information, contact Gragnano at gragnano@uark.edu or 479-575-2596. Information is also available here.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.