Elsie resident awarded Velmar Green Endowed Scholarship from the Michigan Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation

Forrest Nash is the 2017-2018 recipient of the Velmar Green endowed scholarship.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Forrest Nash, of Elsie, Michigan, is the 2017-2018 recipient of the Velmar Green endowed scholarship through the Michigan Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation, Inc., at Michigan State University (MSU). The $4,000 scholarship, named in honor of innovative dairy leader C. Velmar Green, of Elsie, is awarded to a second-year student in the MSU Institute of Agricultural Technology dairy management certificate program.

Nash received the award on the basis of his academic achievements, involvement in extracurricular activities and interest in the dairy industry.  Nash has worked at his family’s dairy farm in Elsie and was an intern at Badger Creek Farm in Colorado last summer.  Throughout his time at Michigan State, he was involved in the MSU Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity and the MSU Dairy Club and took part in the MSU Dairy Challenge.  Upon graduation, Nash returned to his family’s dairy farm to help operate it with his father and grandfather.

The Velmar Green scholarship was established in 2009 by the Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) to recognize Green for his 40 years of service to the MMPA board of directors.  Green is the owner of Green Meadow Dairy Farms, Inc., one of the largest herds of registered Holsteins in North America and home to an on-site teaching laboratory for MSU College of Veterinary Medicine students.  He has held leadership positions with milk marketing groups, breed associations, the Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA), the Michigan Cattlemen’s Association, university advisory groups and agricultural lending organizations.  Green was the 2012-13 chairperson of the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and recognized by the World Dairy Expo as the Dairyman of the Year in 2013.

The Michigan Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation awarded over $100,000 in scholarships to 35 MSU students pursuing dairy industry-related programs of study for the 2017-2018 academic year.

For information on making contributions to honor members of the dairy industry or to support student scholarships, please contact MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources External Relations at 517-355-0284. To learn more about the Michigan Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation, contact Dr. Miriam Weber Nielsen in the MSU Department of Animal Science at 517-432-5443.

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