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Four Western Illinois School of Agriculture Students Awarded Scholarships

Four Western Illinois School of Agriculture Students Awarded Scholarships

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Four new students in Western Illinois University’s School of Agriculture have been awarded Growing Agricultural Science Teachers (GAST) scholarships to begin their education at Western. The scholarships, based on financial need, are awarded to incoming freshmen or transfer students who have declared agricultural education as their major. Each of the students began […]

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WIU School of Ag Transitions Grant Funding to Aid with Remote Learning

WIU School of Ag Transitions Grant Funding to Aid with Remote Learning

A yearly donation from the Illinois Farm Bureau, earmarked for student development projects in Western Illinois University’s School of Agriculture, has been transitioned because of the COVID-19, and used to purchase technology to enhance remote student learning. School of Agriculture Director Andy Baker said he asked Illinois Farm Bureau representatives to revise spending requirements for […]

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Covid Forces Cancellation of Annual Western Illinois Ag Mech Farm Expo

Covid Forces Cancellation of Annual Western Illinois Ag Mech Farm Expo

Western Illinois University’s School of Agriculture has announced that this year’s planned Farm Expo, the 51st annual event hosted by Western Illinois University’s Agriculture Mechanization (Ag Mech) Club, has been cancelled because of the limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic. The expo was scheduled for Feb. 6-7 in Western Hall, but restrictions on the number of […]

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Western Illinois University Commodity Trading Team Places 43rd in the World

Western Illinois University Commodity Trading Team Places 43rd in the World

For the third time in three years, a team of Western Illinois University students have finished high in the CME Group Trading Challenge, a four-week, international electronic trading competition. This year’s team was made up of Cooper Bounds, a master of business administration (MBA) graduate student from Taneytown, MD; Amy Johnson, a senior agriculture major […]

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