History of Undergraduate and Winter Course Programs

  from the 1899-1900 Winter School in Agriculture program announcement and participant list The 1900 Winter School of Agriculture was designed for young men and women who wanted to excel in an agricultural pursuits and to more thoroughly prepare for their work, but who could study only in the winter season. The Courses of Instruction […]

from the 1979-80 Winter Courses in Agriculture program announcement and participant list   It was a year to look back. Purdue University’s annual Eight-Week Winter Courses in Agriculture traced their beginnings back to 1887 when the first Farmers’ Institutes were conducted at various times of the year for young farmers and homemakers who could not attend […]

from the 1959-60 Winter Courses in Agriculture program announcement and participant list   Train Today the Scientific Way for Leadership in Agriculture. In 1960, three winter short courses were offered in the Purdue School of Agriculture for those who want to learn more about the science and business of agriculture. Mature men and women developing […]

  from the 1919-20 Winter Courses program announcement and participant list   In 1920, the Winter Courses in Agriculture met the needs of hundreds of young men and women, successful farmers in Indiana who for one reason or another could not enroll in a regular four-year course. Because of the very practical help they received, […]

  It began January 9, 1887, when 14 students enrolled in a “veterinary science” short course offered by the Purdue School of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Veterinary Science. It ended March 4, 1994, when 27 students completed the last Eight-Weeks Winter Courses in Agriculture. Over those 108 years the “winter courses” program not only had major […]

from the 1939-40 Winter Course in Agriculture program announcement and participant list   In 1940, success in agriculture in all of its various phases of farming and related enterprises demanded an increasing amount of scientific and business knowledge each year. Therefore, opportunities for a trained worker in agriculture were growing. PLANS OF STUDY General Agriculture […]

  In 2004 Purdue’s School of Agriculture became a College of Agriculture, but that wasn’t its first name change. Between the University’s founding in 1869 and 2004, the College has gone by a few different names. The Purdue School of Agriculture and Horticulture offered undergraduate programs from 1874-86; the School of Agriculture, Horticulture and Veterinary […]

  Since 1880-81, more than 90 percent of all College of Agriculture bachelor’s degree recipients have received academic advice and counsel from a dedicated faculty member. The college has a distinguished and proud record of having faculty work with undergraduate students as academic counselors, student organization advisors and mentors. Many other disciplines have utilized “professional […]

  Philip Nelson, Gebisa Ejeta and Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina embody the innovative spirit of Purdue University. Within a single decade, the three alumni were named laureates of the World Food Prize, otherwise known as the Nobel Prize for food and agriculture. In 2007, Nelson was the first Purdue alum to earn the award. He developed […]

  Purdue’s School of Agriculture Winter Courses, held between harvest and spring planting, included more than eight weeks of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Production, Dairy Manufactures, and General Agriculture in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. But Purdue Winter Courses students didn’t only study. Meeting records of Agricultural Winter Courses Society from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s […]