Erin Davelaar Competed With Dordt College In Iowa Ag Contest

2013 Feb 19

Erin Davelaar of Brandon, South Dakota in force at the Spring Iowa PAS (Post-Secondary Agriculture Students) Conference in Ankeny, Iowa, on February 4 and 5. Davelaar is a senior majoring in agriculture with an emphasis in animal science. She qualified for the National PAS Conference. Davelaar was also part of the Dordt teams that took first place in the College Bowl and the Dairy Specialist contest. She also took fourth place in the Dairy Production Employment Interviews.

Overall, eight Dordt teams placed within the top five in their categories and several students earned top individual honors. Dordt sent 22 students who competed in College Bowl, Swine Specialist, Beef Specialist, Dairy Specialist, Crops Specialist, Equine, Precision Ag, Sales, and Employment Interviews contests.

PAS is one of 10 career and technical student organizations approved by the U.S. Department of Education as an integral part of career and technical education. Their motto is "uniting education and industry in agriculture." This year, more than 300 students from Iowa competed. This is the second time the Dordt Ag Club participated in the conference.

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. Graduates enter careers not only in farming and technical service support but also in government, finance, and international development. Learn more at www.dordt.edu/agriculture.