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Future farm progress ISU leads presentations at biennial show in Boone By Frances.Myers @iowastatedaily.com
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Just a few miles away from Ames — at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, to be exact — may lie the key to many future ISU graduates getting employment. The Farm Progress Show, according to its website, is “the nation’s leading outdoor farm
show and features the most extensive stateof-the art information and technology available for today’s agricultural producers.” Pioneer is a huge employer for Iowa State, said Julie Kenney, communications manager for Pioneer, so the Farm Progress Show sees a lot of ISU alumni working around the area of their alma mater. According to an article in USA Today: “DuPont Pioneer has been a top employer of College of Agriculture graduates for the past two years.” Kenney said Pioneer is looking to get an influx of ISU graduates hired within the next
few years. “There’s a huge talent pool, and we’re looking at hiring 4,000 employees over the next five years, so we’re really looking at Iowa State for all those positions,” Kenney said. This year, there are approximately 577 exhibitors at the Farm Progress Show. Exhibitors range from seed producers such as DuPont Pioneer and AgriGold Hybrids Seed Company, to machinery such as John Deere and Case IH, all looking to get the
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ISU panel discusses ‘Fifty Shades’ By Frances Myers Daily staff writer A panel will be discussing the best-selling “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by E.L. James, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. A panel of ISU scholars will be discussing the book libraries in Minnesota and Florida have refused to put the book on their shelves. Panelists for the panel will include: Brenda Lohman, associate professor of human development and family studies; Dometa Brothers, assistant professor for English; and Lynn Carey, interim director of Ames Public Library. The communications director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, Veronica Lorson Fowler, will be moderating the discussion. The discussion is an early part of Banned Book Week which is Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 of this year. 2012 marks the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week. According to the American Library Association: “Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read.” Books that are featured during Banned Books Week have all been removed or restricted from multiple libraries.
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Photo: Megan Wolff/Iowa State Daily The Farm Progress Show is an agricultural exposition hosted biennially in Boone. The three-day show attracts more than 200,000 visitors and numerous agricultural companies.
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ISU agriculture graduates expect booming business
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Placement rates near 100 percent By Kayla.Schaudt @iowastatedaily.com The job market has been tough in recent years, making it a surprise when any major has a near 100-percent placement rate after graduation. However, agriculture business majors have accomplished just that. In 2012, 55 of the 57 agriculture business program graduates at Iowa State found jobs while the remaining two graduates went on to pursue higher education. These students have been studying the agriculture community from a business angle, such as finance or public relations. Ron Deiter, professor of agriculture economics, said 15 percent of graduates who got jobs went back to work on a farm, 25 percent went into sales, 15 percent went to management and the rest were scattered across a number of areas such as marketing and insurance. The students continuing onto graduate school usually study law or economics. Selling and trading seed is a huge part of the sales sector that so many students go into. Seedrelated business is a strong section of the agriculture industry. Pioneer and Monsanto, two huge seed com-
Photo: Yanhua Huang/ Iowa State Daily The new liberal arts and sciences dean, Beate Schmittmann, spoke at Wednesday night’s convocation.
New dean welcomes new year By Dan.MacKenzie @iowastatedaily.com
Mike Gaul, director of career placement in the College of Agriculture, attributes it to the increased need for food in the ever-
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had its annual convocation Wednesday evening to welcome new faculty and recognize outstanding staff. The ceremony was in the Sun Room at Memorial Union, with a reception afterward. The new dean of the College, Beate Schmittmann, led the event by giving a “state of the college” address to give her vision of where the college
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Graphic: Bolun Li/Iowa State Daily Average starting salaries for agricultural business majors are more than $40,000 per year. Iowa State’s agricultural business graduates had a 100-percent job placement rate in 2012.
panies, are the top two employers of ISU graduates in this field. Though the numbers for job placement in agriculture business are typically high, the statistics for this past year were remarkable.
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