The UW system is losing rural students' interest. This pilot program aims to reverse course
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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Seymour High School student Brielle Tesch prepares to operate a tractor created by students and faculty in UW-Madison’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, with some advice from Kaedyn Peterson-Rucker, a grad student in the college's Biological Systems Engineering School. Tesch's visit was part of a pilot program that reaches out to students at rural Wisconsin high schools.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Seymour High School student Al Dorn operates a motorized adaptive tractor created at UW-Madison’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
A one-fourth-scale tractor, embellished with UW-Madison’s Flying W logo, sat in a machine shop, painted a vibrant purple and turquoise that invokes memories of the quintessential Dixie Cup of years gone by.
Brian Luck, a UW-Extension faculty member, shares insights into the operation of a diesel engine with high schoolers visiting UW-Madison’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Claudia Calderon of UW-Madison’s Department of Horticulture offers high schoolers visiting the campus the opportunity to sample a variety of food items during a presentation at Allen Centennial Garden.
Seymour High School student Brielle Tesch prepares to operate a tractor created by students and faculty in UW-Madison’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, with some advice from Kaedyn Peterson-Rucker, a grad student in the college's Biological Systems Engineering School. Tesch's visit was part of a pilot program that reaches out to students at rural Wisconsin high schools.
Brian Luck, a UW-Extension faculty member, shares insights into the operation of a diesel engine with high schoolers visiting UW-Madison’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Claudia Calderon of UW-Madison’s Department of Horticulture offers high schoolers visiting the campus the opportunity to sample a variety of food items during a presentation at Allen Centennial Garden.
