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DESCRIPTION:Nationwide’s Golden Owl Award® recognizes extraordinary agri
 cultural teachers in nine states and supplies funding to advance their pro
 grams\n\nIndianapolis\, Indiana – Agricultural educators serve a critica
 l role in their communities\, devoting countless hours to prepare students
  for successful careers and help them pursue their passions. To honor thei
 r contributions and support them with additional resources\, Nationwide an
 d Indiana FFA are accepting nominations for Indiana’s leading agricultur
 al teachers for a chance to be named as the 2022-2023 Ag Educator of the Y
 ear. \n\nNationwide and its state partners recently recognized 51 outstand
 ing agricultural teachers as 2021-2022 Golden Owl Award® finalists and th
 en honored seven grand prize winners as their state’s Ag Educator of the
  Year. Every finalist received $500 in funding to help future educational 
 efforts and the grand prize winners received $3\,000 and the coveted Golde
 n Owl Award trophy. \n\nAs the number one insurer of farms and ranches in 
 the U.S.1\, Nationwide inaugurated the Golden Owl Award in 2018 by recogni
 zing the contributions of Iowa and Ohio agricultural teachers. As a result
  of the positive response from the communities in which Golden Owl Award n
 ominees make a difference\, the Golden Owl Award has since expanded to rec
 ognize outstanding educators across seven states: California\, Illinois\, 
 Indiana\, Iowa\, New York\, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Now in 2022-2023\, the 
 award is expanding again to include Nebraska and South Dakota. \n\nNominat
 e any Indiana agriculture educator for the 2022-2023 Golden Owl Award now 
 November 1\, 2022 through December 31\, 2022.\n\n“The Golden Owl Award s
 eeks to thank agricultural teachers for the extraordinary care they bring 
 to their work as they go above and beyond in educating America’s youth a
 nd future leaders\,” said Brad Liggett\, Nationwide’s president of Agr
 ibusiness. “We encourage students\, parents\, fellow teachers and others
  to nominate their favorite agricultural teachers to acknowledge their har
 d work.” \n\nFollowing the nomination period\, closing December 31\, 202
 2\, a selection committee will evaluate nominations and select 8 finalists
  in Indiana\, who will receive an individualized plaque and $500. One fina
 list will then be chosen as the grand prize winner\, earning the 2022-2023
  Ag Educator of the Year title for Indiana and receiving the coveted Golde
 n Owl Award trophy and $3\,000 to help fund future educational efforts. \n
 \nIndiana’s 2021-2022 Golden Owl Award recipient was Blair Orme\, an agr
 icultural educator at Rushville High School. Blair stated that “The awar
 d itself will just become a memory\, but then again aren’t memories what
  it is all about? Contributing to a worthy cause and impacting young lives
 !” Mr. Orme certainly has contributed to a worthy cause and has impacted
  countless young lives during his years as an educator and FFA advisor.\n\
 n\nNationwide supports the future of the ag community through meaningful s
 ponsorships of national and local organizations. In conjunction with the G
 olden Owl Award\, Nationwide is donating $5\,000 to each participating sta
 te’s FFA\, including the Indiana FFA\, to further support the personal a
 nd professional growth of students\, teachers and advisors alike.   \n\nTh
 e Golden Owl Award is the result of partnerships between Nationwide\, the 
 California FFA\, California Farm Bureau\, Illinois FFA\, Illinois Associat
 ion of Vocational Agriculture Teachers\, Farm Credit Illinois\, Indiana FF
 A\, Farm Credit Mid-America\, the Iowa FFA Foundation\, New York FFA\, New
  York Farm Bureau\, Ohio FFA\, Ohio Farm Bureau\, AgCredit\, Pennsylvania 
 FFA\, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau\, Compeer Financial\, Nebraska FFA Foundati
 on and Nebraska Agricultural Educators Associate.  \n\nTo nominate a teach
 er or learn more about the Golden Owl Award\, visit GoldenOwlAward.com. \n
 \n1 Source: A.M. Best Market Share Report 2021\n \n\nAbout Nationwide\n\nN
 ationwide\, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus\, Ohio\, is one of the
  largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organi
 zations in the United States. Nationwide is rated A+ by both A.M. Best and
  Standard & Poor’s. An industry leader in driving customer-focused innov
 ation\, Nationwide provides a full range of insurance and financial servic
 es products including auto\, business\, homeowners\, farm and life insuran
 ce\; public and private sector retirement plans\, annuities\, mutual funds
  and EFTs\; excess & surplus\, specialty and surety\; and pet\, motorcycle
  and boat insurance. For more information\, visit www.nationwide.com. Foll
 ow the firm on Facebook and Twitter.\n\n \n\n \n\nNationwide\, Nationwide 
 is on your side and the Nationwide N and Eagle are service marks of Nation
 wide Mutual Insurance Company. © 2022
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