Allison Stiens, agribusiness management senior, is one of only 10 students nationwide to be selected to serve as a member of the Student Advisory Team for Agriculture Future of America. AFA is a non-profit organization that prepares collegiate students to become professionals in agriculture and related industries through various opportunities, including the annual Leader’s Conference. Stiens was informed in March…
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Eight CAFNR students selected for inaugural AFA Crop Science Institute
For sake of simplicity, Jake Hirniak says that he is from Kirksville – but that can change. “I claim a couple of other home towns depending on how I’m feeling that day,” said Hirniak, a senior who is majoring in agricultural economics. As the son of a colonel who served in the U.S. Army for 28 years, Hirniak has had…
40 Chances for 4 Students
Four MU students were selected their freshman year to be a part of unique program that is offered to few.
A unique opportunity was given to 40 deserving students across the country back in 2012—the chance to be a 40 Chances Fellow through Agriculture Future of America in partnership with the Howard G. Buffet 40 Chances awareness campaign.