In the College of AG you really have that family, small school feel.

 

Even when I was a freshman, some of my classes only had 10 or 12 people in it.

 

The teachers are really – they are there all the time, I mean you could talk to them about anything.

 

I’m on a first name basis with some of my professors.  As a freshman I feel like I can approach them very easily. 

 

Dr. Fernandez, our Associate Dean, makes an effort to know every student. So you really feel like you just don’t become a number.

 

The professors do a great job of bringing coursework together.

 

I learn from hands-on, I’m in a class right now where we just turn down engines and learn about components. We’re designing machines that work with the environment.

 

We had to go to high schools in the area and work with the young students, and we had to develop our own curriculum to teach them about leadership and about character.

 

I really enjoyed a lot of my hands-on horticulture classes, growing my own crops in the greenhouse.

 

I remember having a course in energy bars, like the Gatorade, Power Aid bars.

 

I actually got to do – work with the trees, work with the fruit, so I know exactly what I’m doing, I’m not just reading out of a book.

 

So not only are you learning your biologies and chemistries in the classroom but you are applying them in real life circumstances.