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   Ferrum College presented a booth for the sixth straight year at the 78th annual National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention in Louisville, KY on October 26th through October 28th, 2005. The event caters to over 50,000 high school students, vocational agriculture teachers, and parents. Ferrum College students and faculty attend the National and Virginia State FFA Conventions to inform prospective students, high school vocational agriculture teachers, and parents about Ferrum’s academic programs and extra-curricular opportunities. Ferrum is one of 12 private colleges nationwide that offers a full four-year curriculum in agriculture, horticulture, and pre-veterinary medicine.

    Dr. Daryl Nash, Assistant Professor of Agriculture, attended the National FFA Convention with six students, including: Rachael Brown, a sophomore Environmental Science major, Heather Logee, a senior Horticulture major, Tabitha Puckett, a sophomore pre-veterinary major, Derek Ritenour, a senior Agricultural Education major, Amanda Sale, a senior Agriculture (agro-ecology) major, and Timothy Shipe, a freshman Agricultural Education major.

    During the National FFA Convention, Timothy Shipe received his American Farmer Degree. This is the highest award that can be achieved by FFA members. Total FFA membership is over 450,000 nationwide. However, less than 1/2 of 1 percent of all FFA members earn the American Farmer Degree each year. Tim was the Reporter on the 2004-05 Virginia State FFA officer team and one of 79 Virginia FFA members to earn the American Farmer degree in 2005.

    Ferrum was one of over 1,300 participants in the Convention's annual Career Show. Other participants included state-funded universities such as Colorado State, Cornell University, Iowa State University, North Carolina State University, and Virginia Tech; private colleges, including Ferrum College, Delaware Valley College, Dordt College, and Unity College; community and technical colleges such as Hawkeye, Joliet, Nashville Auto-Diesel, and St. Louis; branches of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN); major automobile manufacturers (Dodge, Ford, General Motors, Toyota); national agricultural honorary societies and fraternities; branches of the armed forces (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy); and multi-national agri-businesses, including Archer-Daniels-Midland, Dow, DuPont, Kraft Foods, John Deere, Land O’ Lakes/Purina, Monsanto, and Tyson Foods, Inc.

    For more information on Ferrum's presence, contact Daryl Nash at (540) 365-4363. For official convention information, please see: http://www.ffa.org/convention/index.html. For photos please see below.

    Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.

Ferrum’s Presence at the 2005 National FFA Convention
For immediate release: November 17, 2005	Contact: Dean Browell , (540) 365-4301, dbrowell@ferrum.edu
Ferrum College presented a booth for the sixth straight year at the 78th annual National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention in Louisville, KY on October 26th through October 28th, 2005. The event caters to over 50,000 high school students, vocational agriculture teachers, and parents. Ferrum College students and faculty attend the National and Virginia State FFA Conventions to inform prospective students, high school vocational agriculture teachers, and parents about Ferrum’s academic programs and extra-curricular opportunities. Ferrum is one of 12 private colleges nationwide that offers a full four-year curriculum in agriculture, horticulture, and pre-veterinary medicine. Dr. Daryl Nash, Assistant Professor of Agriculture, attended the National FFA Convention with six students, including: Rachael Brown, a sophomore Environmental Science major, Heather Logee, a senior Horticulture major, Tabitha Puckett, a sophomore pre-veterinary major, Derek Ritenour, a senior Agricultural Education major, Amanda Sale, a senior Agriculture (agro-ecology) major, and Timothy Shipe, a freshman Agricultural Education major. During the National FFA Convention, Timothy Shipe received his American Farmer Degree. This is the highest award that can be achieved by FFA members. Total FFA membership is over 450,000 nationwide. However, less than 1/2 of 1 percent of all FFA members earn the American Farmer Degree each year. Tim was the Reporter on the 2004-05 Virginia State FFA officer team and one of 79 Virginia FFA members to earn the American Farmer degree in 2005. Ferrum was one of over 1,300 participants in the Convention's annual Career Show. Other participants included state-funded universities such as Colorado State, Cornell University, Iowa State University, North Carolina State University, and Virginia Tech; private colleges, including Ferrum College, Delaware Valley College, Dordt College, and Unity College; community and technical colleges such as Hawkeye, Joliet, Nashville Auto-Diesel, and St. Louis; branches of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN); major automobile manufacturers (Dodge, Ford, General Motors, Toyota); national agricultural honorary societies and fraternities; branches of the armed forces (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy); and multi-national agri-businesses, including Archer-Daniels-Midland, Dow, DuPont, Kraft Foods, John Deere, Land O’ Lakes/Purina, Monsanto, and Tyson Foods, Inc. For more information on Ferrum's presence, contact Daryl Nash at (540) 365-4363. For official convention information, please see: http://www.ffa.org/convention/index.html. For photos please see below. Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.
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