On June 20, members from the HLA Department hosted 46 students and their chaperones from the Felege Hiywot Center. Dr. Kathryn Orvis and her graduate student Elyssa have been holding classes for BIPOC students at the center in Indianapolis for the past seven weeks. During their visit to campus, the students participated in various activities[Read More…]
Vicki Stirm hosted two outreach activities this week. The first activity was the C-PASA (Gargill – Purdue Agribusiness & Science Academy) Summer Program. Nine high school students who were interested in attending Purdue University in the future in a plant science area of study participated in the program. The students were taken on a tour[Read More…]
On Friday, April 28th, Chris Adair and Vicki Stirm presented to youth from the World Food Prize Youth Institute. There were 3 groups totaling 28 students plus adults. The topic was food security. Chris spoke about the student farm and how they reach out to the community via the CSA program and working with the[Read More…]
On Monday, July 18th, Vicki Stirm hosted 8 high school students from the C-PASA (Carghill -Purdue Agribusiness and Science Academy) program. The program is in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Programming in the College of Ag. Among the activities included a tour of the Student Farm and Urban Ag/Post-Harvest activity, which included learning pickling[Read More…]
On Monday, July 18th, Vicki Stirm will host 8 high school students from the C-PASA (Carghill -Purdue Agribusiness and Science Academy) program. The program is in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Programming in the College of Ag. They will tour the Purdue Student Farm and the Hort Greenhouse, and learn about urban agriculture and[Read More…]
On June 2nd, in conjunction with the College of Ag. Office of Multicultural Programming (OMP), C-PASA (Cargill – Purdue Agribusiness and Science Academy), and Indiana’s Juntos 4-H program, Vicki Stirm will be presenting a short program focusing on minorities in Horticulture. The students are Latinx and in the 8th grade. She will introduce them to[Read More…]