Alyssa Foster part of 14-student board, first in Iowa
(JOHNSTON, Iowa) – Fourteen Iowa college students from a wide range of backgrounds have been named to the inaugural Iowa Corn Student Advisory Team. The team will have their first meeting this week in Johnston.
Alyssa Foster of Kirkwood Community College was one of the students named to the new student group. She is from Riverside, Iowa and a second-year Ag Transfer major at Kirkwood. Foster is involved in many activities on campus, including the Kirkwood Student Senate. She is president of the Ag Business Club and also works in Kirkwood’s Student Life office.
The Iowa Corn Student Advisory Team (SAT) is sponsored by the Iowa Corn Growers Association and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board. The SAT will help in developing programs that target and enhance Iowa Corn’s relationship with individuals who are pursuing careers in Iowa’s agriculture industry. The Iowa Corn SAT is made up of students pursing degrees at ten of Iowa’s community colleges and at Iowa State University.
“We are very excited for the inaugural Iowa Corn student advisory team and this new program ,” said Doug Holliday, an ICGA director and chair of the committee that oversees the program. “This group will help to define the future roles of the team as well as help Iowa Corn to design programming for ongoing student outreach.”
In addition to Foster, other participants in the inaugural Iowa Corn SAT, selected through an application and selection process, include: Kevin Buckallew, Indian Hills Community College; Carly Cummings, Iowa State University; Alex Edgington, North Iowa Area Community College; Ryan England, Southwestern Community College; Beth Irlbeck, Des Moines Area Community College; Justin Kibbie, Iowa Lakes Community College; Andrew Lauver, Iowa State University; Logan Lyon, Ellsworth Community College; Steve Roose, Iowa Central Community College; Kesler Schlmeister, Hawkeye Community College; Traci Tiernan, Iowa State University; Thomas Wacker, Northeast Iowa Community College; and Charlie White, Iowa State University.