Name: Aidan Groves
Hometown: Atwater, Illinois
High school: Carlinville High
Major & Concentration: Agribusiness with a concentration in Commodity Marketing
Why did you come to Purdue: High quality education and career opportunities.
Favorite Purdue tradition: Key jingle during Football games
Top three influences at Purdue:
- USDA Crop Lock-up
- Professors
- Panels
Five words to describe Purdue:
- Challenge
- Leading
- Open
- Forward-Thinking
- Rewarding
Top five highlights of your career:
- Farm Bureau Discussion Meet
- Quiz Bowl
- Crops Team
- College of Ag Discussion Panel
- Maintaining GPA
Something you wish you would have done at Purdue: Drive a go-kart in Grand Prix
Places you have been as a Purdue student:
- Washington D.C
- Chicago
- North Fork, NE
- Manhattan, KS
- Ames, IA
Have to redo college in a major not in Ag: Finance/ Business management
Favorite club/organization: Collegiate Farm Bureau
Favorite Student-led event/initiative: Ag Discussion Panel
Favorite Purdue event: Ice Cream Social
Favorite place to study: Lilly CRC
Over your career where were you most likely to be found on campus: Lilly Hall
Favorite spot on campus: Lilly CRC
Favorite thing about CoA: Small size & personal feel
Favorite thing about AGEC: Open access to all faculty & opportunities to grow
Favorite thing about your major: Finance & commodity marketing courses
Favorite class: AGEC 424 – Finance, AGEC 217 – Macroeconomics or AGEC 321 – Commodity Marketing
Favorite professor: Dr. DeBoer
Coolest project: The final video for AGEC 296 pitching the course to prospective students
Three biggest accomplishments:
- Discussion meet champ at Purdue
- Running the Ag discussion panel
- Keeping 4.0 GPA
Things on your resume not listed above: Part-time job with Purdue Weed Science and Cargill internship
Three words to describe you:
- Driven
- Hardworking
- Restorative
What are you passionate for: Farming and restoring antiques
What intrigues you about the Ag industry: The scope and various opportunities in industry
What motivates you: Family traditions
Favorite quote: “Do not work smarter and not harder, work smart and hard”
Personal Motto: Git er’ done!
Where do you want to end up: As a successful farmer
Advice for underclassman: Push yourself, do well on your first test, and find your limit
Biggest takeaway from Purdue: You will reap what you sow and go for.