Agriculture and Natural Resources Articles

• Graduate Spotlight - Danny Dillon

  posted 5/1/2023

  Growing up on a farm near Sumner, agriculture has always been a central part of Danny Dillon's life.

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• Hawkeye Community College meat science program grows as lockers beef up workforce

  posted 9/7/2021

  Hawkeye Community College has offered a meat science certificate for two years, combining courses that teach students about animal physiology, livestock evaluation and food safety, among other topics. In one course, students butcher and process a whole animal into primary/wholesale cuts and retail cuts.

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• Agriculture draws Brazilian visitors to Iowa, Hawkeye Community College

  posted 9/5/2019

  The group of 12 includes professors, students, farmers, agronomists and business people. The visitors, part of a long-running international exchange, are being hosted by Hawkeye Community College's Global Agriculture Learning Center.

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• Graduate Profile: April Lines

  posted 5/13/2019

  After a cancer diagnosis threatened to derail her education, April Lines found the faculty at Hawkeye ready to jump into action to make sure that didn't happen.

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• First Group of Iowa High School Students, Educators Travel to Kosovo as Part of New International Collaboration

  posted 10/22/2018

  Students and educators from five Iowa high schools recently spent a week in Kosovo, collaborating with local schools and government officials as part of a new innovative partnership to improve agricultural education both in Iowa and abroad.

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• Hawkeye Community College to Host World Food Prize Northeast Iowa Youth Institute

  posted 1/29/2018

  The Northeast Iowa Youth Institute gives students the opportunity to explore hunger-fighting career paths in technology, agriculture, international business, veterinary medicine, and much more.

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• Why I Chose Hawkeye: Kristi Mensen

  posted 9/27/2017

  From a small-town farm girl to a world traveler, Kristi Mensen discovered her calling at Hawkeye.

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