Pioneer Junction–A newsletter of the UW-Platteville School of Agriculture
                    Vol. 6 | April 2018
Editor: Allison Hahn - Ag Business, Communications & Marketing
A message from the Director:
Greetings! I am happy to connect with you after Spring break. Everyone in the School of Agriculture had a great break and has returned with enough energy to finish out the last month of the spring semester.

There are multiple March highlights in the SOA. During March, the BILSA Dean, Dr. Weber, and myself paid a visit with the new DATCP Secretary of Agriculture, Sheila Harsdorf and Assistant Deputy Secretary, Keith Ripp, in Madison. We presented to them about our college and school activities, initiatives and discussed many things of mutual benefit.
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April

  7 - WBIA Bull Sale

15 - Show Pig Sale

24 - Ag Day on Campus

27-28 - Pioneer Showdown 
"If we estimate dignity by immediate usefulness, agriculture is undoubtedly the first and noblest science."
-Samuel Johnson

Faculty & Staff.

UW-Platteville, UW-Richland explore ag possibilities
Students.
Pioneer Spotlight: Dawn Lee - Greenhouse manager and professor

Students.

Student-run business to deliver fresh produce.
Students.
Three students displayed their work at the Midwest Section Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science.
Students.
Students present on plant disease management at regional conference.

Clubs.

Horticulture Club attended the National Collegiate Landscape Competition

Collegiate Farm Bureau hosted their annual event, Brag About Ag.

Alumnus.

Mrs. Rochelle Schnadt currently serves as the Ag Advisory Council Vice President.
Pioneer Pride

Jessica Helwig.

Jessica was accepted for an internship at Cornell working to establish disease-tolerant varieties of zuchini, pumpkin, and peppers.

Eva Birtell.

Eva recently accepted the Plant Growth Research for Food Production Internship at the Kennedy Space Center.
Congratulations to both Jessica and Eva!
If you have items or ideas to share, please contact soa@uwplatt.edu or  SOAdirector@uwplatt.edu
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