University of Idaho Agricultural Education, Leadership, and Communications

     Thursday the CALS Department of Agricultural and Extension Education will lead sessions connected to the National Teach Ag Day planned online to cultivate enthusiasm among agricultural education students and teachers.      The celebration and hosted sessions will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the agricultural education classroom on campus, beginning with a session offering information about becoming an ag teacher.      A pizza party is planned from 11 to noon in coordination with a national webcast.      CALS ag ed professors Jeremy Falk and Kasee Smith will coordinate an online Teach Ag Symposium ( #TeachAgAfterParty)  hosted by the University of Idaho. It will feature sessions about using social media by Tennessee Tech University professor O.P. McCubbins, Google Tools by UI ag ed student Max Blitman and finding balance by professors Becki Lawver and Tyson Sorensen of Utah State University. ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (August 2, 2016) Samantha Sims, an agricultural education major at University of Idaho, has been selected for the Upper Division Agricultural Education Scholarship from the National Association of Agricultural Educators. Sim’s hometown is Chelan, Wash. The $1,500 scholarship is awarded to upper level agricultural education majors to help offset expenses during their student teaching experience. Twenty-five students from across the United States were selected based on their academic performance as well as on leadership and service activities.  The funding for the NAAE Upper Division Scholarship program comes from Growth Energy, National Geographic Learning | Cengage Learning and donations by NAAE members.  NAAE is the professional organization in the United States for agricultural educators.  It provides its’ more than 8,000 members with professional networking and development opportunities, professional liability coverage, and extensive awa...