COLLEGE OPEN DAY: Longerenong College Advanced Diploma of Agribusiness first-year student Katherine McNeilly, pictured left, received a 2019 BASF Longerenong College Scholarship to support her studies.
The $5000 scholarship is aimed at supporting the ‘future talent pipeline’ of Australian agriculture. Ms McNeilly said she grew up in the farming sector and was excited to be able to fulfill a dream of working in the growing industry.
A college open day on Sunday from 10am will provide other young people keen to enter the industry with information about courses, career opportunities, scholarships and life at the college.
Course information sessions are at 10.15am, 11.15am and 1pm and college farm bus tours start at 10.30am.