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Principles for Agricultural Science- Plant (ASP)

June 4- 15, 2012
Iowa FFA Enrichment Center


Currently Registration is Full.

Please click here to be added to the Wait-list*
Registration is $2,500 for the Institute.
Deadline: May 1, 2012

Registration includes all training materials, access to laboratory equipment, lodging, and most meals throughout the institute.

Breakfast is provided each day at your hotel. All other meals -- lunch and dinner -- are also provided for during training days (i.e. Monday through Friday). You are responsible for lunch and dinner on non-training days (i.e. Saturday and Sunday).

Additional inquiries should be directed to
Angela Fredericks, FFA Enrichment Center Director

Purchase orders and checks should be made payable to:

FFA Enrichment Center
% CASE Iowa
PO Box 428
Ankeny, Iowa 50021

Attn: Angela Fredericks

Questions regarding ASP Institute billing:
Michelle McBride, michelle.mcbride@iowaffafoundation.org

  • Orientation:  4 p.m. on Monday, June 4th at the FFA Enrichment Center with a dinner and presentation to follow.

  • Daily Schedule:  8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday with a 1-hour catered lunch break from Noon- 1 p.m.

  • Closing:  12 p.m. on Friday, June 15th

Please schedule travel arrangements to ensure your attendance at scheduled events. If you are flying, the airport is approximately 30 minutes from the FFA Enrichment Center. Transportation options include rental car / taxi / arranged with institute. When booking flights allow time for travel and check-in.

Facilities and Lodging

The institute sessions will be held at the FFA Enrichment Center on theDMACC campus in Ankeny, IA.

Lodging will be 3.1 miles from the DMACC campus at
Courtyard by Marriot
2405 SE Creekview Drive
Ankeny, IA 50021

The Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau has information about dining, shopping, and things to see and do in the Des Moines area.

Graduate Credit Offering

Participants in the Institute may obtain 2-3 graded, graduate credits of AgEdS 590A, Section XW "CASE-Curriculum for Agriculture and Life Science Programs" by completing additional assignments and paying the graduate course fee. More information will be available to those who register for the Institute. Estimated tuition cost through Iowa State University Distance Education is $396 per graduate credit for both in-state and out-of-state students.

 

Questions regarding graduate credit should be directed to:

Michael S. Retallick, Assistant Professor
206A Curtiss Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
Phone: 515-294-4810
FAX: 515-294-0530
msr@iastate.edu  

Questions regarding housing, meals, classroom location, and other logistics should be directed to:

Angela Fredericks, Director
FFA Enrichment Center
1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway
Ankeny, Iowa 50023-7073
515-965-7377
director@ffaenrichmentcenter.com 

*Only 20 participants are allowed to register per institute. We highly recommend those interested in filling out the wait-list information to consider an additional site for the CASE Institute as participants will only be added from the wait-list if there is a cancellation.