This year, it was decided that a more productive summer program would be to offer a class in an agriculture-related topic. Class sessions included lecture, discussions, videos, project work in the Desert Vista garden, and a field trip to Mission Gardens. Located on its original site west of downtown Tucson, the Garden features heirloom Sonoran Desert-adapted fruit orchards and vegetable gardens interpreting 4, years of agriculture in Tucson.
One of the two program coordinators also left to pursue study abroad as part of her doctoral program. One replacement program coordinator has been hired; she has a doctoral degree in soil science and has been working with the PATH students in the Desert Vista garden. This fall we will need to recruit an additional program coordinator to perform recruitment and advising responsibilities.
Program activities focused on student recruitment, advising, community outreach, and exposure to agriculture projects in the garden. Aquaponics System Interns redesigned the aquaponics systems in spring, the students opted to reduce the systems from three to one due to upkeep of system operations, care of the fish, and the amount of water required to maintain the system; the resident koi became too large for one of the enclosures, so were donated to a local aquaponics systems and supply store ; converted the fish hatchery into a working ecosystem pond; attended an aquaponics workshop held with a local community expert.
Outreach, Educational, and Recruitment Activities Program staff attended an industry tour with the Collegiate Livestock Growers at the University of Arizona; attended Farm Science Day at the Maricopa Agricultural Center; accompanied one student to the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences annual conference in April ; conducted field trips with interns for a rain harvesting tour at Water Management Group headquarters followed by a tour of the Mission Garden project; visited with high school students from three high schools, either on-site or at the University of Arizona; communicated with Arizona agriculture teachers about PATH; conducted five tabling events for student recruitment; reached out to PCC advisors in business and science for program recruiting.
Summer Program This year, it was decided that a more productive summer program would be to offer a class in an agriculture-related topic. For five weeks, one of the program coordinators, who has a doctorate in soil science, taught students from the Desert Vista TRIO Upward Bound program in an agroecology class. Class sessions included lecture, discussion sessions, videos, project work in the Desert Vista garden, and a field trip to Mission Gardens.
Student Recruitment Six students were admitted to the program this grant year. Two are beginning their course work at PCC, one will be completing coursework in the upcoming year, one has completed her coursework and is expected to transfer to the University of Arizona in Spring , and one has completed his program and transferred to the University of Arizona in August In spring, the project director completed a re-branding project for the program with the production of new flyers and other recruitment materials.
Initial materials were heavily weighted in favor of a more traditional view of agriculture as an occupation limited to farming. The hope is that a broader view of agriculture that encompasses such areas as forestry, nutrition, environmental science, natural sciences, and business will attract more interest and open new doors to students.
Angel is interested in environmental horticulture and sustainable urban farming. He began his studies at the University of Arizona in August Our goal is to provide rich and substantial experiences to these students which will enable them to make informed decisions about degree choices and opportunities in agriculture.
As a result, we have more funds available than expected. We have reviewed the needs of our students and would like to offer more scholarships for agriculture students to transition to the University of Arizona. The conference was held at the University of Arizona and was an excellent opportunity to expose the students to agriculture careers and meet professionals in the field.
In an effort to reach more students, we have added another part-time graduate student to work on the program. This will increase our contact with students and potential participants. We are planning more problem-based projects and field trips for students. This grant year is also important because the competition for our largest scholarship will happen during second semester.
This is a transfer scholarship to the College of Agriculture at the University of Arizona. Project PATH will increase Hispanic student awareness of careers in agriculture and increase the number of Hispanic students obtaining post-secondary degrees in agriculture related fields and entering agriculture related careers.
The results on this measure were disappointing this year. We plan to review the curriculum and revise with the intention of raising that measure. This may be because to be considered a participant in the program, students not only apply but also work as paid interns in the program and receive course scholarships for their pre-agriculture course work. Program staff has developed all promotional and informational items in support of program outreach.
Promotional items using the program logo are distributed widely to advertise the program and special events. AgriPATH Transfer Packets provides information students need to successfully transfer from Pima Community College to the University of Arizona including: a guide to choosing a major, contact information, and program requirements. Program staff has a regular schedule for outreach activities. Project PATH had 3 tabling events at student club fairs to promote the program.
The club, in collaboration with the culinary arts program, hosted a fish fry using ingredients from the campus garden. Project PATH students maintain parts of the campus garden including three aquaponics systems and a fish hatchery. For a special event students harvested 14 tilapia from the aquaponics system, as well as several pounds of vegetables. Fish tacos were prepared by the Culinary Arts students and enjoyed by students, faculty members and community members interested in the program.
Members of the "All Thumbs" student agriculture club held six produce sales in the Desert Vista Cafeteria. Outreach activities have also involved working with agriculture teachers at the high schools. Program staff followed up with visits to several high schools to talk with students and encourage them to join the program when they enter college.
The Summer Bridge program was disappointing because we were only able to recruit eight students to participate. In an effort to extend the impact of the program, AgriPATH coordinators worked with students in two other grants with summer programs to increase the reach of the program.
With that effort we were able to expose an additional 54 high school students to the program and careers in agriculture. Nine students were admitted to the program this grant year. Six are finishing their course work at PCC and two students have transferred to the University of Arizona as of fall We felt we needed to find someone working or studying in an agriculture related field to truly address the goals of the program.
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