The 14 undergraduate student members of the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ Matador Institute of Leadership Engagement graduated from the program on Tuesday, May 2, during a ceremony held at Texas Tech University’s historic Dairy Barn facility. The MILE Program is a three-semester leadership certificate program that seeks to develop participants' personal and...
The MILE Program students joined ranking members of the U.S. Senate and House agriculture committees for breakfast at the National Ranching Heritage Center on Friday, Sept. 23. Senator John Boozman (AR) and Congressman GT Thompson (PA), spent the weekend in Lubbock meeting with area agriculture organizations and Texas Tech officials to get a taste of agriculture...
The Matador Institute of Leadership Engagement Program at Texas Tech University completed a week-long agriculture tour in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, April 11-14. The tour is one of several regional agriculture tours the program will make as part of an initiative to expose students to the diverse issues affecting local, state and federal agriculture. Lindsay Kennedy,...