December 2, 2016
Thomas Wilgenbusch is an early riser.
Student Stories
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December 1, 2016
CALLING FOR INCREASED FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN AG RESEARCH
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June 30, 2016Mica Magtoto is armed with a heart for service.“I’ve always known I want to leave a positive mark on the world by serving others,” she says.
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June 30, 2016A sorrel miniature horse with a flaxen mane follows Aimee Schulz anywhere she leads—even to Iowa State University. Her name is Lulu.
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June 30, 2016The hands-on nature of the agricultural systems technology major appealed to Colin Connor, and it turned out to provide ample opportunities for leadership development.
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November 30, 2015“Everyone tells you to turn your passion into a job,” says Lexi Marek. “That’s just what I learned this summer from Marji at FarmHer– how to turn my passion into a business.
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November 30, 2015By Barbara McBreen
Play is an important part of learning, and for Jered Stratton learning is magic.
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November 30, 2015By Barbara McBreen
Mosquitoes, ticks, pouring rain and 100-degree heat are a few of the elements Matt Monahan endured to clear and clean prairie remnants across Iowa this summer.
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November 30, 2015His grandmother owned one of the first Japanese restaurants in Los Angeles, his father runs a taco truck in Hawaii and his step-grandfather is a sushi chef.
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June 1, 2015It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. If the old adage is true, Lauren Borkowski has written novels on one of her favorite topics–agriculture.Growing up on her family farm in Irwin, Iowa, Borkowski was involved in 4-H and FFA.
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June 1, 2015Mikayla Sullivan first saw real poverty helping her grandparents distribute food and clothing to needy families in Mexico when she was 10 years old.
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June 1, 2015
Students express themselves through involvement in their major and other extracurricular activities on campus.
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December 10, 2014Finding a cure for cancer is Crystal Jones-Sotomayor’s dream.
It’s been a dream since she was a sophomore in high school in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico – after she lost her childhood friend to breast cancer.
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December 10, 2014Adam and Austin Fichter have a lot in common. The fourth generation agriculture and life sciences students from Shenandoah started off their freshman year excelling as scholars and leaders.
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July 22, 2014Every member of the 2013-14 Iowa FFA officer team was enrolled at Iowa State University last year. The nine students are from every corner of Iowa and they have some thoughts to share about FFA and their future dreams.
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July 21, 2014Cals Students Leaders Across The Country, WorldJenna Tesdall, junior in global resource systems and biology, was elected president of the International Association of students in Agricultural and Related SciencesBailey Morrell, senior in agricultural -
July 21, 2014What happens when your plans change from attending a college in Europe to Iowa State University? Texas native Alexandria Harvey would describe it as a whirlwind of opportunity.
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July 21, 2014By Christina Riessen and Barbara McBreen
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December 6, 2013This summer Celize Christy helped students from across the United States follow in the footsteps of George Washington Carver as they explored agricultural science in research labs at Iowa State University.
