Scholarships and Class Pics

On Friday we gave out several scholarships to the second year students. The scholarship money is provided by the John Deere foundation and the recipients are chosen by a committee of members from our advisory board. The students submit an application that includes current GPA, short-term, long-term goals, school activities and community activities.

I would like to congratulate the winners and thank everyone involved with the process.

While we had the group together we took a few pics of the class by the new equipment.

Summer Trip

Last week we went on our summer factory tour trip. We got on a Hawkeye Stages bus on Wednesday morning and headed for Dubuque. We toured John Deere Dubuque Works and watched them build logging equipment, dozers and skidloaders. From Dubuque we went to John Deere Davenport Works and then to the Pavilion. We had a little hotel mix up but John Deere arranged accommodations at The Isle of Capri for a “little” rest. On Thursday it was off to Harvester Works to see combines and header equipment being built. We then ventured to Corporate Headquarters for a little history and new equipment on the showroom floor. Overall it was a great opportunity to learn about manufacturing processes and a little “Deere” history.

Thanks John Deere and NICC.