| Noble Foundation's AgVenture provides students hands-on experience |
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Twenty-four students from southern Oklahoma and north Texas took part in The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation's summer camp, AgVenture.
Organized by the Noble Foundation's Agricultural Division, AgVenture is a four-day camp for high school students who have shown an interest in agriculture and may be contemplating a career in an agricultural field.
The camp, which took place June 2-5 at the Noble Foundation's Ardmore campus, provided students experience in numerous agriculture-related fields, such as new livestock technologies, livestock marketing and farm management, soil conservation, grazing management, commercial fish farming and intensive vegetable production.
"This camp provided these students a broad exposure to several facets of agriculture, and allows them to see some research in action," said Shan Ingram, Education and Special Projects Manager for the Noble Foundation. "They are able to see how agriculture functions, as well as have some first hand experiences that they all seem to enjoy."
| The students who participated in AgVenture 2008 include (name, hometown, classification, high school): | ||||
| Tanner Adams | Sanger, Texas | Sophomore | Sanger High | |
| McKenzie Boone | Gainesville, Texas | Junior | Callisburg High | |
| Virginia Brewer | Lawton, Okla. | Sophomore | Eisenhower High | |
| Dustin Combs | Madill, Okla. | Senior | Madill High | |
| Cassidy Floyd | Ada, Okla. | Junior | Latta High | |
| Ruslyn Gandy | Ringling, Okla. | Sophomore | Ringling High | |
| Kale Gayanich | Sulphur, Okla. | Sophomore | Davis High | |
| Cody Goates | Lone Grove, Okla. | Junior | Lone Grove High | |
| Chelsea Gray | Foster, Okla. | Sophomore | Bray-Doyle High | |
| Brittney Harris | Farmers Branch, Texas | Junior | R.L. Turner High | |
| Danielle Higdon | Burneyville, Okla. | Sophomore | Turner High | |
| Brandon Hoffman | Bellevue, Texas | Sophomore | Bellevue High | |
| Kailey Hollingsworth | Farmers Branch, Texas | Senior | R.L. Turner High | |
| Kelsey James | Temple, Okla. | Junior | Temple High | |
| Ashley Jones | Marietta, Okla. | Sophomore | Thackerville High | |
| Cole Lockwood | Ringling, Okla. | Junior | Ringling High | |
| Amanda Moore | Lawton, Okla. | Junior | Eisenhower High | |
| Dillon Mumford | Fox, Okla. | Junior | Fox High | |
| John Padgett | Bellevue, Texas | Sophomore | Bellevue High | |
| Jennifer Pitzinger | Valley View, Texas | Junior | Pilot Point High | |
| Shelby Stancil | Lawton, Okla. | Junior | Eisenhower High | |
| Kim Wise | Bowie, Texas | Sophomore | Bellevue High | |
| Shayla Woodward | Lawton, Okla. | Junior | MacArthur High | |
| Dakota Zachary | Ringling, Okla. | Junior | Ringling High | |
There is no fee for the students to participate in AgVenture. Participants must live or go to school in the following counties:
Oklahoma
Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Lincoln, Love, Marshall, McClain, Murray, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Seminole, Stephens, Tillman; or
Texas
Archer, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Jack, Lamar, Montague, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, Wichita, Wise.
For more information about next yearâs AgVenture, contact Tracy Cumbie at 580.224.6411 or by e-mail at tlcumbie@noble.org.
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News Release Issued: June 12, 2008
For media inquiries concerning the Noble Foundation, please contact J. Adam Calaway, Director of Public Relations, at 580.224.6209 or by email at jacalaway@noble.org.
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (www.noble.org), headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., is a nonprofit organization conducting agricultural, forage improvement and plant biology research; assisting farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative agricultural programs; and providing grants to nonprofit charitable, educational and health organizations.