SASES in San Antonio

Recently a group of us from the Agronomy Club traveled to San Antonio Texas for the National SASES meeting. This meeting takes place at the same time as the Tri-societies conference takes place. The Tri-societies is a professional organization that includes soils, crops, and environmental science. SASES is just the undergrad version of this. There is also a graduate student version of this conference that also takes place at the same time, and we get to interact with. At this conference we attended business meetings, went on tours on the agricultural places in San Antonio, and competed in contests. This conference gives us the chance to interact with students and professionals from around the country. I just finished my term as the National Recording Officer and am starting my term as the National Vice President. As an officer I assist in the process of planning and running the national meeting. I plan a tour for the undergrads to take so they can experience some sort of agriculture in the area we are in. This year my tour went to a Lavander farm, pecan farm, the Natural Caverns, and the San Antonio botanical gardens. While in San Antonio we also got to eat at couple of local places and tour the Alamo. All in all, we had a great experience at this year’s SASES conference, and I highly encourage anyone thinking about attending to do so!