Dordt student Erin Brandon earns high honors in national ag competition

2013 Apr 17

Erin Davelaar of Brandon, South Dakota, was one of eighteen Dordt College agriculture students who qualified and participated in the National Postsecondary Agriculture Student (PAS) Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Davelaar was a member of Dordt's College Bowl team that took 3rd place. She is a senior majoring in agriculture with an emphasis in animal science.

Eleven of the eighteen Dordt students took 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in competition in team and individual events. In team competitions, Dordt College placed 1st in Beef Specialist, 2nd in Swine Specialist, and 3rd in College Bowl competitions. Approximately 750 students competed for their college or university.

PAS is one of 10 career and technical student organizations approved by the United States Department of Education as an integral part of career and technical education. Their motto is "uniting education and industry in agriculture."

Dordt College is one of only a handful of Christian colleges in North America to offer a four-year agriculture program. Over the past several years, all Dordt agriculture students have found positions within six months of graduating, most much sooner. Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. U.S. News & World Report, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. Dordt is home to approximately 1,400 students. Learn more at www.dordt.edu/agriculture.