Arshdeep Singh, a food and hospitality systems Ph.D. student, was recently awarded the Frank DeBenedetti Scholarship from the Northern American Meat Institute (NAMI) Scholarship Foundation.

The NAMI Scholarship Foundation seeks to recognize the best and brightest undergraduates majoring in meat or poultry science, animal science or culinary arts and science. The foundation was founded in 1995 to recognize exceptional undergraduate students pursuing degrees in Animal, Meat, Food Sciences and Culinary Arts. The goal of the Foundation is to collect donations and establish a self-perpetuating endowment that will fund scholarships well into the 21st Century, recognizing that the students of today will be the meat scientists and future leaders of the industry tomorrow. Scholarships are merit based and presented annually to accomplished students pursuing education that will lead to a career in the meat industry. Singh was one of 10 graduate students who were awarded scholarships nationwide.