Terrion Davis Wins Farm Bureau Book Scholarship for PCCUA Welding Program

Terrion Davis of Lexa will get $500 a semester through Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas at Helena, a scholarship that can help cover books and keep a welding degree within reach for a Phillips County student trying to train close to home.

PCCUA announced on April 21, 2026, that Davis is the new recipient of the Farm Bureau Book Scholarship. Davis is enrolled on the Helena campus and is majoring in welding, a field that can lead directly into manufacturing, fabrication, repair and other skilled-trades work that matters in a rural Delta county where reliable paychecks often come from practical training, not long degree paths.

The scholarship is not open-ended. Applicants must be Phillips County residents and hold at least a 2.5 GPA, and recipients must keep a 2.5 cumulative GPA to continue receiving the award. That makes the program more than a handout. It is a modest but steady structure that rewards persistence while helping students keep moving toward completion.

For Davis, the timing matters in real dollars. The Farm Bureau award provides $500 per semester and is renewable for two years, giving a local student a better chance to stay enrolled without taking on the full cost of books and other school expenses at once. For families in Lexa, Helena and across Phillips County, that kind of aid can make the difference between pausing college and finishing a credential that can lead to work.

PCCUA says its welding program prepares students “for the world of work” with hands-on training in procedures including Shielded Metal Arc Welding and Gas Metal Arc Welding, or TIG/MIG. The college also lists welding among its Workforce & Skilled Trades offerings, and its construction technology program includes a welding track. In a county where agriculture, equipment repair, construction and maintenance all depend on skilled labor, those pathways feed directly into the local economy.

PCCUA describes itself as a multi-campus, two-year college serving Helena-West Helena, DeWitt and Stuttgart, and the Farm Bureau scholarship sits inside a broader set of foundation awards meant to keep students in eastern Arkansas training pipelines. The PCCUA Foundation Fund was established in January 2020 after the earlier Phillips Community College Foundation, Inc. was dissolved, continuing the college’s local philanthropy network. For Phillips County, Davis’ scholarship is both student aid and workforce investment, tied to the kind of training that can keep talent rooted here.