The Agriculture Club has its primary objectives: leadership, public relations, and recreation. The club's major activities include an annual spring banquet, participation in state and national ag competitions, and attendance at several major ag-related shows and exhibitions. Any JWCC student interested in agriculture is welcome to join the Agriculture Club.
NPAS Results
The National Postsecondary Agricultural Student (NPAS) Organization as well as the Illinois Postsecondary Agricultural Student Organization are both educational and competitive at JWCC.
| In 2004, JWCC Ag students traveled to Green
Bay, WI for the NPAS convention. The following awards came home with
JWCC students:
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 2004 NPAS 1st Place Team Livestock Specialists Award Program - Swine Joe Mintle, Payson Amanda Mowen, Liberty Adam Taake, Perry, formerly of Waterloo, Illinois |
 2004 NPAS 2nd Place Team Horticulture Contest - Floriculture Carol Thompson, Palmyra, MO Lindsay Bailey, Kirksville, MO |
 2004 NPAS 1st Place Career Planning - Agribusiness Sales and Service Justin Meyer, Fowler |
2004 NPAS 3rd Place Employment Interview Contest -
Agribusiness Administration  Aaron Bush, Mendon |
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In 1999, students traveled to Joplin, MO to the 25th annual NPAS convention. There, the JWCC College Bowl Team advance to the finals and won 2nd place team in the nation. Also, JWCC Swine specialty teams 1 and 2 placed second and third and the beef team was third in the nation. Besides team competition, there were several individual award areas represented, such as career progress, public speaking and more.
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SGA Elections
The JWCC Ag Students are very involved in the Student Government Association. Agriculture students have been involved in SGA since the SGA was formed. Many have been officers. Further, about two thirds of the JWCC Board of Trustees Student Trustees have been agriculture students.
Ag Club Activities
The Ag Club offers several activities for the students.
These include Bowling, Basketball games at the local gym, volleyball games, Bar-B-Que
Cookouts and many more fun and exciting activities.
Meeting Schedule
The Ag Club has a meeting every month where the students can plan activities, fund
raisers, upcoming contests, etc. The members can sometimes enjoy meals provided by the
Ag Club. During holiday months the Ag Club has canned food drives to be given as donations
to families in the community.
Jeff Galle
Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences Department
Director
217-236-4711
217-641-4558
galle@jwcc.edu
Gary Shupe
Agriculture Transfer Program Coordinator
217-641-4505
gshupe@jwcc.edu
Mike Tenhouse
Agriculture Business Management Program Coordinator
217-236-4711
mtenhouse@jwcc.edu
Gary Wycislo
Horticulture Program Coordinator
217-641-4511
gwycislo@jwcc.edu
Lynn Curry
Administrative Assistant to Director of Agriculture Programs
217-236-4711
curry@jwcc.edu
Audrey Martin
Agriculture Programs Assistant
217-236-4711
amartin@jwcc.edu
JWCC Agricultural Education Center
37803 State Hwy 104
P.O. Box 419
Perry, IL 62362
Ph 217-236-4711 or
Ph 217-641-4558
Fax 217-236-4004
ag@jwcc.edu
There are currently off-campus visitors browsing JWCC.edu.
Team
Livestock Specialists Award Program - Swine Joe Mintle, Payson; Amanda
Mowen, Liberty, Adam Taake, Perry, formerly of Waterloo, Illinois
Indiv
Livestock Specialists Award - 
Employment
Interview Contest - 
In
1998, JWCC Ag Students traveled to Williamsburg, Virginia to the NPAS Convention. There students won first place Swine specialty team and
those individuals were then the top four individuals of the nation.