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Ag majors host activity week
DALLAS DUNCAN
Issue date: 4/13/09 Section: News
Students with South Campus majors are setting out to prove that agriculture is "not just sows, cows, and plows anymore."
The "South Campus Week," designated by Ag Hill Council, is designed to bring together organizations on South Campus and share with non-South Campus students what is going on in modern agricultural industries.
Cordele senior Ashley Buford said it is "sad that the education on agriculture is so low, people don't know why it is necessary anymore." Even in the South Campus colleges, she said people "tend to get segregated into our own departments."
When: 5:30 p.m.
Where: D.W. Brooks Hall
What: Agricultural Awareness Day
When: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Tate Plaza
What: Great Southland Stampede Rodeo
When: Thursday through Saturday
Brice Nelson, Ag Hill Council adviser, wrote in an e-mail interview Thursday that he hopes students will "understand better the role agriculture plays in the areas of science, technology, communications, education, research, business, medicine, and the environment."
South Campus Week begins tonight with a cookout at D.W. Brooks Hall from 5:30 to 8:00. Tuesday features Agricultural Awareness Day at Tate Plaza from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., and from Thursday through Saturday the 35th annual Great Southland Stampede Rodeo will be in town.
The cookout is open to the public and a ticket is only required for the meal, said Ward Black, a senior from Commerce and a member of Ag Hill Council, in a telephone interview Thursday. It will "bring together organizations within South Campus and connect them together and with the University community as a whole."
Agricultural Awareness Day is hosted by Sigma Alpha Professional Agricultural Sorority. Kayla Calhoun, a sophomore from Colquitt, is the committee chair for the event, which will showcase research and events that are being done in the three South Campus colleges. "We hope that our diverse array of displays and interactive exhibits will hold people's attention long enough to learn about the current, relevant research that departments are performing, and leave with a new respect for the field of agriculture and those who study it," she said in an interview Thursday.
The "South Campus Week," designated by Ag Hill Council, is designed to bring together organizations on South Campus and share with non-South Campus students what is going on in modern agricultural industries.
Cordele senior Ashley Buford said it is "sad that the education on agriculture is so low, people don't know why it is necessary anymore." Even in the South Campus colleges, she said people "tend to get segregated into our own departments."
AG WEEK
What: CookoutWhen: 5:30 p.m.
Where: D.W. Brooks Hall
What: Agricultural Awareness Day
When: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Tate Plaza
What: Great Southland Stampede Rodeo
When: Thursday through Saturday
Brice Nelson, Ag Hill Council adviser, wrote in an e-mail interview Thursday that he hopes students will "understand better the role agriculture plays in the areas of science, technology, communications, education, research, business, medicine, and the environment."
South Campus Week begins tonight with a cookout at D.W. Brooks Hall from 5:30 to 8:00. Tuesday features Agricultural Awareness Day at Tate Plaza from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., and from Thursday through Saturday the 35th annual Great Southland Stampede Rodeo will be in town.
The cookout is open to the public and a ticket is only required for the meal, said Ward Black, a senior from Commerce and a member of Ag Hill Council, in a telephone interview Thursday. It will "bring together organizations within South Campus and connect them together and with the University community as a whole."
Agricultural Awareness Day is hosted by Sigma Alpha Professional Agricultural Sorority. Kayla Calhoun, a sophomore from Colquitt, is the committee chair for the event, which will showcase research and events that are being done in the three South Campus colleges. "We hope that our diverse array of displays and interactive exhibits will hold people's attention long enough to learn about the current, relevant research that departments are performing, and leave with a new respect for the field of agriculture and those who study it," she said in an interview Thursday.
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jt
posted 4/13/09 @ 8:13 PM EST
I notice that John Harlan from Evans didn't give his major with his misinformed and stereotypical view of CAES.
John, you are a jackass. Just like all people from Evans, GA. (Continued…)
FYI
posted 4/13/09 @ 10:05 PM EST
JT, the author of the article is also from Evans, Georgia, as are several of her friends who are in Sigma Alpha, the ag sorority, and are CAES majors. (Continued…)
Ag Girl
posted 4/14/09 @ 10:39 AM EST
I do believe the purpose of this event is to inform everyone. Last year, a survey was performed on North Campus and with an astounding win, agriculture majors were considered the least important majors at UGA and a waste of time. (Continued…)
Time Change on Ag Awareness Day
posted 4/14/09 @ 1:07 PM EST
Due to inclement weather, Agricultural Awareness Day has at this moment been moved to Thursday, the time and place are still the same.
Animal Action
posted 4/17/09 @ 11:34 AM EST
Rodeos are cruel and should be banned from UGA. Who are the sponsors so I can boycott them?
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