MANHATTAN Clara Wicoff, a senior at Kansas State University and a former Iolan, was awarded a Co-Bank Outstanding Student Scholarship through the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center and the Department of Agricultural Economics at KSU.
Wicoff is studying agricultural economics and global food systems leadership.
Among her accomplishments at K-State, Wicoff serves as a College of Ag Ambassador and is active in the Cargill Fellows Program, the K-State Center for Risk Management Education and Research Student Fellows Program, the Kansas State University Honors and Integrity Council and Kappa Alpha Theta.
Wicoff has worked for USDA as a STEC CAP intern and in entomological research. She is also a member of the Riley County and City of Manhattan Food and Farm Council.
Wicoff has served as a Kansas legislative intern, a Senate Ag Committee Intern and is currently serving as a legislative fellow for the Kansas Grain and Feed Association.
Wicoff is a 2016 graduate of Iola High School.
She is the daughter of Iolans Lisa and Joel Wicoff.