Agriculture – Page 20

Maxwell wins Distinguished Young Educator Award

Lucas Maxwell with Robert Rhykerd, department chair for the Department of Agriculture at ISU.

The summer of 2018 was an exciting one for Lucas Maxwell, a professor in the Department of Agriculture at Illinois State.

CAST presents Three Minute Thesis competition finalists

CAST 3MT competitors: Yao Shi (Department of Technology), Vania Maria Pereira (Department of Agriculture), Sean Higinbotham (School of Kinesiology and Recreation), Chase Holford (School of Kinesiology and Recreation), Jordyn Rine (School of Kinesiology and Recreation), Stephanie Stephens (School of Kinesiology and Recreation), and Fatima Mohammed (Department of Agriculture)

On December 7, the College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST) held its Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT).

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.

Students network with alums at the inaugural #CASTConnections in Chicago

College of Applied Science and Technology held the inaugural edition of CAST Connections, a networking event aimed at connecting students with alums.

Taking the sting out of group projects

Maria Boerngen has found a way not only to engage students in the dreaded group project process, but also increase their appreciation for working in teams.

Pause for applause

We applaud these Illinois State alumni featured in the November 2018 issue.

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.

Unit: Agriculture