President Mitch Daniels, Dean Akridge, and Dean Jamieson joined us to celebrate the third consecutive year atop the US News & World Report rankings for ABE programs on November 6.

ABE Alum Gerald Powell of Dow AgroSciences visited in ASM 42100 (Senior Seminar) and had some very good counsel worth sharing. He shared his "5 BEs":

• Be ready to work hard and smart
• BE ready to show the value of what you are doing
• BE ready to be on teams and run projects
• BE ready to learn and adapt
• BE balanced

A panel discussion in ABE 49000 on Thursday, November 6, included six alumni who are entrepreneurs: Joe Garwood, Mark Zeltwanger, Dr. Paul Elliott, Ron Thieme, Ed Vondell, and Dr. Steve Waltz. The two-hour session was encouraging and enlightening; a number of the students continued their conversation with our alums over lunch. The Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture Jay Akiridge and the College of Agriculture hosted an evening session featuring five alumni from five different departments: Dr. Barb Cohen (BCHM 1979), Malcom DeKryger (ANSC 1983), Kim DeWees (AGEC 1995), Joe Garwood (ASM 1978), and Mona Wolf (FS 1972).