Jim Graham Scholarship

The Jim Graham Leadership Scholarship is a $1,000 college scholarship offered by the Cooperative Council of NC to a graduating high school senior. Teens are only eligible if they attended Cooperative Leadership Camp while they were in high school. The scholarship recipient is selected by a committee based on the student's understanding of the cooperative movement, leadership, extracurricular activities, community involvement and demonstration of self motivation.  

Background: James Allen “Jim” Graham personified North Carolina agriculture as the state’s longest serving agriculture commissioner. Jim Graham was the face of North Carolina agriculture for nearly 40 years, earning him the nickname “The Sod Father,” and induction into the North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame. Jim Graham believed in youth education and our Cooperative Leadership Camp.  He even visited one summer by way of helicopter, landing at the FFA Center, where the current dinning hall is.