Experiential Learning

April 23, 2025
Mizzou Exercise is Medicine-On Campus organization works to get the campus community active
Anna Fairchild and Cater Bischof conducted free fitness testing in Speaker’s Circle on April 22 as part of the EIM-OC club. Photo courtesy of Carter Bischof. Exercise is Medicine-On Campus® (EIM-OC), a global health initiative managed by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), aims to make physical activity assessment and promotion a standard in clinical care, connecting health care with evidence-based physical activity resources for people everywhere and of all abilities. The Mizzou EIM-OC chapter includes students from the nutrition and exercise physiology and dietetics programs and provides them the opportunity to practice working with real clients in professional…

April 22, 2025
Agricultural Education major explores global agriculture through Gilman Scholarship
Laci Fuhlage, senior agricultural education – communications and leadership major from Fayette, Missouri, studied abroad in Italy over winter break.

April 22, 2025
Mizzou alumna Dakota Grellner returns to her alma mater as the new Mizzou Livestock Judging Coach
Grellner, B.S. ’18 Animal Sciences, was a member of the 2018 judging team and is eager to restart the program.

April 14, 2025
Mizzou National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) wins 1st place at national competition
The Mizzou NAMA team received first place in the student marketing competition at the 2024 Agri-Marketing Conference held in Kansas City, April 9-11.

April 3, 2025
Love in the Lab
Allen and Melissa Niedermann met in an entomology lab in 1998 and now two of their children attend Mizzou as legacies, one of whom inherited their love of entomology.

March 31, 2025
Plant sciences students see success at National Collegiate Landscape Competition
The University of Missouri Collegiate Landscaping Team received 15th place out of 54 schools attending the National Collegiate Landscape Competition at Colorado State University, March 19-22.

March 31, 2025
Theory and Practice: Program development class gives students real-world work with stakeholders
In AG_ED_LD 4340: Designing and Delivering Educational/Leadership Programs, students get to build real programs for agricultural industry stakeholders.

March 14, 2025
Students see success at Midwest American Society of Animal Science Meeting
Animal sciences students attended the Midwest American Society of Animal Science Meeting March 9-12 in Omaha, Nebraska. At the meeting, the Academic Quadrathlon Team secured their fourth consecutive first-place finish. The team includes seniors Kaylee Spencer (Griggsville, Ill.), Shannon Draper (Sedalia, Colo.), Grace Lloyd (Ellington, Mo.), and Ben Byrd (Troy, Mo.), who participated in the two-day event consisting of lab practical stations for a variety of species, oral presentations to industry professionals and scholars, a written exam, and a quiz bowl. Two students also earned honors in the research presentation contest. Angela McClaskey, a senior from Kansas City, Mo., won…

Dec. 9, 2024
CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Dawn Sherman
Sherman is a senior graduating in December with a degree in agribusiness management.

Dec. 9, 2024
CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Anna Buchanan
Buchanan is a senior graduating in December with a degree in agribusiness management.