DeWitt County students involved in 4-H are running out of time to take advantage of college scholarship opportunities.

There are deadlines looming for 4-H Foundation scholarships available for 2012. This Thursday marks the deadline for a couple of $1-thousand scholarships available to students. Sherry Fulton, Youth Development Educator for the University of Illinois Extension offices explains those scholarships do have some guidelines that must be met to apply for them.

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There is another scholarship that has an application deadline of this Friday. Fulton explains their Farm Credit Agricultural Scholarship also has some guidelines to it, including academic.

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The DeWitt County 4-H Foundation scholarships are due Tuesday March 6. Fulton explains there is an interview process associated with the DeWitt County 4-H Foundation Scholarship, which will take place Saturday March 10.

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Fulton says there are a lot more scholarship opportunities than these 4-H scholarships available to students. She encourages seniors applying for colleges to talk to their school's guidance counselor to find out all the opportunities they have.

For more information about these scholarships you can contact the DeWitt County University of Illinois Extension office at 935-5764 or visit www.extension.illinois.edu.