The forthcoming agricultural education building at Arkansas Tech University will be funded in part by a $20,000 donation from Yell County Farm Bureau.
Richard Gray (center, right), Yell County Farm Bureau president, presented the check to Jason Geiken (center, left), ATU vice president for advancement and executive director of the ATU Foundation.
The new ATU agricultural education building will be approximately 1,980 square feet and will house welding equipment, a tool storage area, classroom space, laboratory space and other equipment. It will be located on the Tech Farm, adjacent to the ATU Greenhouses and the Dr. James “Jim” Collins Agriculture Classroom.
Additional individuals on hand for the check presentation were (from left-to-right) Ashley Bryant, ATU director of grants and donor relations; Steven Sosebee, ATU agriculture program advisory board member; George Jones, Yell County Farm Bureau agency manager; Dr. Bryan Rank, associate professor of agriculture; Steve Balloun, member of the Yell County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and the ATU agriculture program advisory board; Emily Woodall, ATU agriculture program advisory board member; and Bryan Fisher, ATU associate vice president for advancement.
Learn more about the ATU Department of Agriculture and Tourism at www.atu.edu/agri-tourism.
