The mission and vision of the Agricultural Education and Communication Department is to develop leaders, educators, and communicators to advance and advocate for the agricultural industry in a global economy. In addition to the department's long history of leadership and service to the state's agricultural education profession, it also boasts California's only agricultural communication major, widely considered one of the country's premier undergraduate programs. Through a partnership with the university's Brock Center for Agricultural Communication, plus unique Learn by Doing opportunities, students gain the necessary knowledge to be effective communicators who are fully equipped to promote agriculture and serve the needs of the industry.
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Senior Projects from 2015
A Livestock Employee Manual for Junior Livestock Shows, Kylin Costa
Inland Vet Supply Employee Training Manual, Jessica Crawford
Water Filtration Lesson Plan for Ag in Motion, Kelly C. Dawkins
Designing a Natural Resource Workshop for Students: Working with Wood: Adventures in Forestry, Maddison Easley
Promotional Video: "Cattlemen's Livestock Market", Jenna Forster
Landscape Barriers, Tess Gilkey
A Website of Agriculturally Related Activities for Elementary Grade Levels, Bailey M. Kirby
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Agriculture Ambassador Program of Work, Jacob Odello
An Advertising Plan for ClarityADM, Chelsey Porter
Gopher Intrusion In Cropping Systems, Kenneth Romero and Paul Cardinalli
Designing and Creating a Website: "Low-Stress Handling Beef Cattle", Lauren Rothstein
Proposal for Extracting a Drip Irrigation System and Implementing a Micro-sprinkler Irrigation System on a 30-acre Almond Orchard, Nicolette Schiber
Orchard Management Practices and Handbook, Brian A. Snyder and Kellie M. Mancino
Senior Projects from 2014
Fully Self-Contained, Enclosed, Mobile Welding Trailer, Nicholas T. Alvarado
Ag In Motion, Kerri Bermudez, Annelise Jensch, and Michaela Stone
Project Proposal and Development Plan for a New Almond Orchard Including the New Variety of Supareil, Ellen "Rosebud" Brumley
Livestock Exhibitor Quality Assurance Curriculum, Amy Crockett and Regan Steele
An Index of California Regulations Affecting Rice Growers, Maddie Dunlap
Supervised Agricultural Experience Handbook: How to Graft Tomatoes, Lauren Elliott
An Evaluative Questionnaire for the 26-Hours of Science and Technology in Agriculture, Chelsi Faria
Rabbit Project Manual, Kelsey Fernandez
The Effect of Increasing Rates of Biochar on Corn Grown in Salinas Clay Loam, Joshua Fridlund
High School Curriculum of Water Conservation, Daniel Ji
Understanding the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin Crisis, David W. Kloepper