Iowa Corn
Collegiate Advisory Team
Enhancing the
future of Iowa’s Agriculture Industry
2013-14 TEAM APPLICATION
Why the Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory
Team?
The future of Iowa Corn
depends on the organization’s ability to offer relevant programming, advocacy
and services to new stakeholders entering Iowa’s agricultural sector who will
be potential supporters and leaders of Iowa Corn. These stakeholders include students who are
pursuing careers in Iowa’s agriculture industry.
What is the Iowa Corn Collegiate
Advisory Team?
The Iowa Corn
Collegiate Advisory Team assists the Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and
the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) in developing programs that target and
enhance Iowa Corn’s relationship with those individuals who are pursuing
careers in agricultural production and allied industries. The Iowa Corn
Collegiate Advisory Team is made up of students seeking degrees related to
agriculture at Iowa’s colleges and universities. The team will include one representative from
each community college agriculture program, one each from Dordt College and
Graceland University, and five students from ISU. Two additional positions on the team are available
for students in non-ag disciplines at any accredited Iowa college or
university.
Iowa
Corn Collegiate Advisory Team Objectives:
- Define future
roles for the Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team.
- Select and develop
appropriate program components for ongoing student programs.
- Distribute funding
among various student organizations using criteria developed by the Team.
- Assist
with the development of Iowa Corn student and youth outreach programs.
Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team
members must:
- Sign a form
agreeing to attend two sessions (November and February/March) during the
year, as well as other Iowa Corn activities as determined by staff and the
Team (and as student schedules permit).
- Be available via
email and by phone during the year for team discussions.
- Prepare as needed
for team sessions;
- Be
willing to consider new ideas and experiences.
Schedule
The first meeting of
the Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team (CAT) will be held on November 14 and 15,
2013. A second meeting of the CAT will
be held in mid-February or early March, 2014. CAT members may also be asked to
attend various Iowa Corn activities which include (but are not limited to):
Iowa Corn committee and board meetings, ICGA Annual Meeting, ICGA Day on the
Hill, Iowa Corn Indy 250 and Iowa-Iowa State GameDay events. Qualifying team members will be invited to
travel with the Iowa Corn delegation to the NCGA Corn Congress meetings in
Washington, D.C. in July of 2014.
Cost:
The costs associated
with Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team programming, meals, travel and lodging
will be paid for by ICPB and ICGA. CAT members
will be reimbursed for approved expenses incurred due to team activities, and
will also receive a $200 scholarship in August 2014 for participating in the
program.
Who can apply?
Any student enrolled in
an agriculture program at one of the following colleges and universities may
submit an application to be a Collegiate Advisory Team member:
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Des Moines Area Community College
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Iowa State University
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Dordt College
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Iowa Western Community College
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Muscatine Community College
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Kirkwood Community College
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Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Valley)
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North Iowa Area Community College
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Graceland University
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Northeast Iowa Community College
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Hawkeye Community College
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Southeastern Community College
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Indian Hills Community College
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Southwestern Community College
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Iowa Central Community College
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Western Iowa Tech
Community College
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Iowa Lakes Community College
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One student will be
selected to represent each of the schools listed above, except for Iowa State
University, which will be represented by five students.
In
addition, two students working on non-agriculture degrees at any accredited
college or university in Iowa may be chosen to serve on the team.
How do interested students apply?
All
applications must be submitted via email! If
you are reviewing a printed copy of this document, you should open the original
Microsoft Word document you were sent and complete the two-page application
below. The electronic version of this
document can also be found on the Iowa Corn website at http://www.iowacorn.org/advisoryteam.
Complete
all portions of the application form and submit via email to Don Mason (dmason@iowacorn.org) at the Iowa Corn office no later than September 27, 2013. Letters of recommendation should be submitted
directly to Don Mason at Iowa Corn by the persons providing them. All applicants will be notified of the results
of the selection process by October 11, 2013.
For More Information Contact:
Don
Mason
Director of Grower Services
Iowa Corn Growers Association/Iowa Corn Promotion
Board
5505 NW 88th St
Johnston, IA
50131
(515) 225-9242 x317
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