One Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) scholar didn’t waste time giving back to his community. He started a scholarship fund for his peers at Southern University and A&M College.
Christian Jacobs is a senior agricultural business major who previously had no desire or funding to pursue higher education. After high school, he wanted to be a full-time musician. While he still plays drums, he enrolled at a community college at the request of his mother, where he studied sound engineering.
“I excelled there to the point where shortly before graduation I was offered a full-ride scholarship to the land-grant university of my choice,” Jacobs said.
Jacobs chose Southern University and has excelled in and outside the classroom.
“I joined a number of clubs and even founded my own organization called AgBusiness Students United,” Jacobs said. “Through the organization, I coordinate engagement events between corporations and universities to create access to internship, career and scholarship opportunities.”
Jacobs started a scholarship fund through AgBusiness Students United, open to students in the organization or studying agricultural business.
“We awarded $1000 to four well-deserving students in January,” Jacobs said. “We are currently fundraising to increase the number of awards we are able to provide.”
In addition to helping students ease financial burden, he also created an externship program that allows Southern University students to shadow managers of the campus restaurants and dining halls to gain experience in marketing, inventory management, accounting, business management and more.
After graduating, Jacobs wants to pursue a master’s degree in business administration at Florida A&M University. He’s keeping his career options open, but he’d like to work at Wells Fargo as a special loans officer so he can help provide access to loans for farmers.
AgBusiness Students United can be found on Instagram.
