According to Brett Begemann, president and chief operating officer of the Monsanto Company, the key to personal and professional success is to, “change, grow and develop.” Begemann shared this message during a roundtable discussion and lunch with CAFNR students on…
CP Editorial: Pick a major, go to college and get a job …. sounds simple, right?
For most college-bound students, the journey starts with deciding what they want to study. For some this decision comes naturally. For many, including myself, the decision was a bit harder. Virginia Gordon, author of “The Undecided College Student: An Academic…
Community development grant allows FFA and 4-H chapters to improve local fairgrounds
Growing up participating in 4-H, Elaine Anderson understood how important it was to maintain the community fairgrounds. Today, Anderson is the 4-H Youth Specialist in Morgan and Moniteau Counties in Missouri. Part of her job is to find ways to…
Canned food drive brings FFA motto to life at Western Farm Show
“Living to serve” is the last line of the FFA motto, and FFA chapters across Missouri and Kansas recently got together to serve through good, old-fashioned competition. These FFA members donated canned and nonperishable food items to the Border War…
CP Editorial: Symptoms of eating disorders often seem like normal behavior on college campuses
The first week in March was National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and I could not escape all the information and statistics that cluttered my social media. The more I read, the more I started thinking about the prevalence of eating…
CP Editorial: I refuse to become a school shooting victim
We live in a time where our safety can no longer be guaranteed or overlooked. Campus safety has become of wide concern due to an increase in mass shootings in schools nationwide. I refuse to be a sitting target for…