By Tracey Erickson
After putting in their hours of cutting and selling cheese for the SDSU Dairy Club cheese box fundraiser, members earned partial funding for this years’ Midwest Regional ADSA-SAD conference. The conference brings together students from Dairy Clubs within the Midwest Region of the American Dairy Science Student Affiliate Division. Over 40, SDSU Dairy Club members piled onto a bus to make the long journey to The Ohio State for this fun and educational opportunity.
ADSA started with students participating in the quiz bowl competition. SDSU had a team partaking in both the junior and senior division, they both did well and had fun putting their knowledge to the test. The junior team lost out to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the first round while the senior team survived to the third round where the University of Wisconsin-Madison eliminated them. Senior Quiz Bowl Team members included: Ben Choudek, Chelsey Johnson, Matt Holdvogt, and Chris Schulze. Junior Quiz Bowl Team members were Jacob Johnson, Kiley Van Eck, Bernice Vander Wal, and Audrey Souza. The evening proceeded with pizza, a comedian, the opening ceremony, and introduction of candidates for the new officer team. The night ended with skits from clubs as well as a dance.
Saturday was a fast-paced, fun filled day that began on The Ohio State campus with several educational workshops discussing dairy related subjects such as mastitis, genetics, graduate school opportunities, and how to handle negative social media in agriculture. The day was finished off with an action packed milk tippy cup competition in which SDSU won 2nd place to Oklahoma State.
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