Illinois State University Department of Agriculture recently teamed up with the Illinois Horsemen’s Council to put together a disaster preparedness livestock symposium.
Publication: ForeCAST
CAST Alum Profile: Bill Graff ’81 is no stranger to farming
Bill Graff ’81 is the state executive director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA), appointed by President Donald Trump’s administration in fall 2017.
CAST research magnifies family matters
Featured here are three of our CAST faculty members whose important research emphasizes family life at a variety of stages.
Redbirds raising funds for the future
Members of the Illinois State University Hoof N’ Horn Club have spent the past several weeks working to plan, organize and implement an online benefit auction to raise funds to help the club host a slate of events throughout the school year.
Unique visitor in farm management class
On September 25, Maria Boerngen had a unique visitor to her AGR 213 Farm Management class. Around 70 students were able to meet Martin Barbre, who was recently appointed as the Administrator of the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) by Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
Fuse exhibition at Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection gallery
The Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection (LJHCC) in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University invites the public to the collection’s new exhibition, “Fuse: The Influence of Art on Fashion,” running through January 25, 2019.
Grow Your Future: The Agriculture Career Fair
Agriculture companies from around the nation come to recruit our students for a variety of internships and full-time jobs ranging from accounting, to seed sales, to human resource and marketing positions.
She Rises exhibition at Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection gallery
The Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection (LJHCC) in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University invites the public to the collection’s new exhibition, She Rises: The Changing Role of Women c. 1970s, running through August 31.
Granting more than just wishes
Daphne (Blader) Lingsweiler, M.S. ’14, is honored to be creating magical and exciting experiences for children in need as a part of the Make-A-Wish Wisconsin team.
Programming hope
Since starting at Illinois State University in 2012, Javadi has returned to Iran for three summers. She began exploring opportunities to make a difference in the summer of 2014.