Baum Chevrolet Buick and Chevy Trucks have partnered with the National FFA Foundation to support students seeking higher education. It’s one of many ways the dealership is working to support local youth.

Kinser Wargel is the 2019 recipient of the $1,000 Chevy Trucks/FFA Scholarship, jointly sponsored by Baum Chevrolet Buick, Chevrolet and the National FFA Foundation. Wargel is using the Baum Chevrolet-sponsored FFA grant to help defer costs as he begins work on a bachelor’s degree.

Currently a freshman in the Pathway to Illinois Program, Kinser is studying at both the University of Illinois and Parkland College in Champaign, Ill. With a strong interest in agriculture, Wargel is studying Agribusiness Markets and Management in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES).

As a Clinton Community High School student, Kinser was active in the FFA Chapter, helped with an afterschool program at Clinton United Methodist Church, was a member of National Honor Society, and graduated with a 4.0 GPA. He currently serves as New Member President for Illi-Dell of Alpha Gamma Sigma. Kinser is the son of Thomas and Claudine Wargel of Clinton, Ill. He is the grandson of Kendall and Charlot Cole of Virden, Ill.., and Charlie and Mary Beth Wargel of Equality, Ill.

Through the National FFA Foundation, businesses and individuals sponsor scholarships that are awarded to students with a wide variety of higher education plans and career goals. Just one application is required for multiple opportunities. To learn more about this and other FFA Foundation programs, visit www.ffa.org.

Pictured: Kinser Baum Scholarship: Scott Baum, right, president of Baum Chevrolet Buick in Clinton, Ill., presents the Chevy Trucks/FFA Scholarship to Kinser Wargel, left. Kinser is a freshman studying Agribusiness Markets and Management in the Parkland College/University of Illinois Pathway to Illinois program.