The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University recognized its scholarship recipients for the 2014-15 academic year.

The college and its departments award more than $2 million in scholarships each year. Students interested in enrolling in the college and applying for scholarships should go to www.cals.iastate.edu/scholarships/ to view deadline applications.

Along with scholarship support for students, the college continues to attract a record number of students and maintain high placement rates for graduates.

For a third year in a row the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences reached record enrollments. This year the colle ge has 4,475 undergraduate students and 730 graduate students for a total of 5,205.

Employers nationwide attend the largest annual Ag Career Day in the nation in October, which attracted a record number of employers with 269 companies and organizations. Placement of graduates has been 97 percent for 17 consecutive years.

The College also:

* ranks as one of the top five colleges in the world.

* has award winning faculty – eight professors have received the USDA Excellence in Teaching Award since 2006.

* has a study abroad program that will send students to study on all seven continents this year.

* has award winning student clubs that help develop global leaders.

Scholarship awards for this academic year were presented to:

Conrad: Joel Steckelberg, Duane Hinkle Agriculture Scholarship.

Grundy Center: Emma Henze, Dr. Patrick H. Kain Memorial Scholarship.

Wellsburg: Jared Haupt, Donald George Hildreth Scholarship.