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L-R: UK President Eli Capilouto, UK CAFE Dean Nancy Cox, Jim Coleman, UK Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mia Farrell and Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan QuarlesMatt Barton, UK Agricultural Communications SpecialistThe University of Kentucky (UK) obtained a $1.5 million donation from James Coleman to assist traditionally underrepresented college students in agriculture, pure assets, and associated sciences diploma paths.
Coleman, a Kentucky native and descendent of enslaved folks, runs Coleman Crest Farm close to UK. To honor his late spouse, Cathy, and the legacy of his household’s farm, Coleman’s present will create the Cathy and James Coleman Scholarship Fund in UK’s College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment (CAFE).
The fund will profit college students who’re members of the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences Program (MANRRS).
“I need to assist UK’s agriculture college students to accumulate the data and sensible expertise to achieve success leaders in agriculture,” stated Coleman. “I would like them to have the ability to go right into a financial institution and have an informed dialog with a lender about why they need to have the ability to get a mortgage to purchase a farm, increase livestock, and produce crops to assist their households and produce generational wealth the identical means my nice grandparents did for greater than 300 of their descendants over the last 134 years.”
Coleman didn’t graduate from UK. He stated that he admired the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment’s dean, Dr. Nancy Cox, when she visited Coleman Crest Farm in 2020.
“We are happy that Jim is selecting to honor his late spouse Cathy and the legacy of his household’s farm in this manner,” stated Cox, who can also be UK’s vice chairman for land-grant engagement. “He’s inspiring our MANRRS college students and displaying them they will accomplish something they got down to do.”
When absolutely endowed, the scholarship fund will present greater than $75,000 yearly and in perpetuity to assist college students.
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