A giant project is upon us. This is designed for students to work in their committees to examine and research in detail a strategic issue facing the 450 farm in either the short-run or the long-run. Each committee is given a different strategic issue to deal with and will be presenting their solution or proposal for a solution on Tuesday, March 27. This helps not only place students in real-life situations, but it also creates consequences if they don't put true thought into it. It involves teamwork within committees and teamwork between semester classes. One big issue the farm is facing at the moment involves the possible construction of a new classroom. This creates several issues in itself for the Spring 2012 class to ponder.
All committees are hard at work with this project. Then, starting next Thursday, the public relations committee kicks off the experiential teaching assignments. The students become the instructors and show the rest of the class a little bit of what they are responsible for. This also gives the rest of the class to try doing something another committee is responsible for.
Student Run Farm 'Where The Farm Is The Classroom'
