By Reagan Parkerson
This fall, Muskingum University introduced the Agriculture Club to students on campus.
Agriculture is a multidisciplinary field that can include working with livestock, growing plants, and operating machinery. The Agriculture Club hopes to bring campus together through livestock-focused events and community involvement.
The idea for Agriculture Club came from a conversation between students Jessie Vaughn and her friend Janey Lucas. Both Vaughn and Lucas expressed that clubs around campus did not line up with their previous involvements in Future Farmers of America (FFA) and 4-H. The conversation led them get in contact with proper faculty to bring a club like this to fruition.
Jessie Vaughn (left) & Janey Lucas (right)
The Agriculture Club does not require those interested to have prior knowledge of agriculture to join.
Vaughn, the president of the club, says “… it’s not just about animals. Agriculture is in our day-today-day life."
The Agriculture Club held their first event on campus in October. The event brought campus community together for pumpkin carving and was hosted at the patio of chess center. The Agriculture Club hopes to bring campus community together through events such as a petting zoo, community garden, and community service events.
Vaughn and Lucas are both first-year students at Muskingum.
Anyone interested in joining the Agriculture Club should contact jvaughn3@muskingum.edu
