Agriculture Students Club gets its own week

Mandy Atwood ATW05001@BYUI.EDU Scroll Staff When and where: Tuesday: booths set up at the Benson Wednesday: booths set up at Country Dance Night in the MC Thursday: campus forum Friday: activity at Ag Shop and upper playing fields, 7 p.m.

Last year, former President David A. Bednar declared the Post-Secondary Agricultural Students Club an official campus club and named the week of Oct. 3-9 as the official week for the club.

The PAS club is associated with agriculture and agribusiness, where students can show what they have to offer the agricultural world, whether that is dealing with machinery or raising pigs.

It prepares students for future careers and gives them opportunities to lead.

The PAS club is open to anybody who wants to participate — not just agriculture majors.

In the coming week they will have various stations set up all over campus to recruit people and tell them about the club and what joining it would include.

Tuesday they will have booths set up at the Ezra Taft Benson building where students can come and learn more about the club.

There will also be a booth at Country Dance Night in the Manwaring Center on Wednesday.

Thursday the PAS will be hosting a campus forum, and then on Friday there will be an activity at the Ag Shop and possibly the upper playing fields.

The activity will start at 7 p.m. and there will be food, fun and games.

Jonathan Meek, a junior from Preston, Idaho, is the club’s president.

“This club is about allowing students to apply what they learn in the classroom to practical situations and networking with major agricultural companies,” he said. “We also provide service to Rexburg and surrounding communities.”

There are also competitions with other PAS groups from universities from all across the United States.There are nationals once every year and BYU-I students placed well in the competitions in the past.

Star Henderson-F, a senior from Fredonia, Ariz., and the club’s secretary, said, “The club is more than just about agriculture. It’s about getting to know people and having fun.”

Meek said he agrees with Henderson. “There is a social aspect to it as well. We try to have each activity based on service,” he said.

The club has 15 members now. The hope is more people will come after next week.