Monday, February 26, 2018
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
SU Auditorium - Ostrander
Event Type
Special Event
Contact
Bonnie Windschitl
Department
Provost, Office of
Link
http://mnsu.bookitcalendar.minnstate.edu/MasterCalendarMNSU/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=16721
The 2017-2018 “We Have Ag!”
colloquium series is intended to highlight the University’s distinctive
academics, research and industry connections in agriculture, food and natural
resources. The series events will be live-streamed.
The format for each session will be
a moderated panel discussion with an introduction, two-five speakers for
five-eight minutes each, questions and open discussion for 20-30 minutes and
closing remarks. All views are welcome. Deliberative
discussions and light refreshments will follow each event.
The Feb. 26 panelists are scheduled to include Jim
Boerboom, a former state legislator who served from July 2007 to October
2016 as deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture; Jessica
Rollins, executive director of Farmamerica, Minnesota’s agricultural
interpretive center, located outside of Waseca, Minn.; Sam Ziegler, director
of GreenSeam, LLC at Greater Mankato Growth, Inc.; and Megan Roberts,
who is a University of Minnesota assistant extension professor and extension
educator in agricultural business management and also farms with her family
near Madelia, Minn.
The Feb. 26 moderator is Matt
Cecil, dean of Minnesota State Mankato's College of Arts and
Humanities.
For more information
about the colloquium series, including on-demand video of previous events and a
list of upcoming topics, please visit the series website or contact
the University’s Office of the Provost by phone at 507-389-1333.
“These are great forums in which to learn about the success stories of
Minnesota State Mankato students, alumni, faculty and staff in their academics,
research and industry connections,” said Marilyn Wells, provost and senior vice
president for academic affairs. “These events will also help us explore our
future potential as a Non-Land Grant College of Agriculture (NLGCA), a
designation we achieved in 2015. We invite the campus and local communities to
attend and join us in determining our destiny.”