TALL IX Curriculum and Calendar
(To view pictures from each seminar, click on the linked cities or places.)
(To view the agendas for each seminar click on the linked theme.)

Seminar 1:
College Station, July 13-16, 2004

Issues: Team and Group Dynamics, Semantics of Teams, TAMU System, Professional Image and Etiquette, Challenge Course (ROPES), Bush Presidential Library, Brazos Valley Agriculture, Agriculture Research.

Theme: Extension, Education, Expectations

Seminar 2:
Lubbock/Amarillo, October 5-8, 2004

Issues: Feedlots, Packing Plants, Wheat, Corn, Dairy, Cotton, Soybean, Grain Sorghum, Peanuts, Equine, Texas Tech University and Agriculture Research.

Theme: Production, Producers, Progress

Seminar 3:
Austin, January 25-28, 2005.

Issues: State Government, Legislative Process, Agencies, Taxes and Appropriations, Trade, Judicial Process, Transportation.

Theme: Leadership, Legislation, Laws

Seminar 4:
Washington, D.C. / New York, April 23-30, 2005.

Issues: National Government, Congressional Process, Agencies, Homeland Security, Financial District, Textiles, Trade, Transportation, Port Authority, Food Distribution, New England Agriculture.

Theme: Leadership, Legislation, Laws/WDC Economics, Etiquette, Exports/NY

Seminar 5:
Houston, July 26-29, 2005

Issues: NASA, Port of Houston, Medical Center, Oil & Gas, Urban Issues, Prison System, Marine Biology, Gulf Coast Farming, Ecosystems, Food Distribution.

Theme: Energy, Ecology, Environment

Seminar 6:
Valley and Mexico November 1-4, 2005

Issues: NAFTA, Immigration, Water, New Business Strategies, Labor, Imports, Citrus, Vegetables, Wildlife, Sugar, Border Inspections, Mexican Industries and culture, Monterrey Tech University.

Theme: Employment, Emigration, Ethnicity

Seminar 7:
Tyler/Nacogdoches, January 24-27, 2006

Issues: Forestry, Fisheries, Livestock, Poultry, Horticulture, Food Distribution, Value Added Processing, Endangered Species, Wetlands, Stephen F. Austin University, Agriculture Research.

Theme: Production, Producers, Progress

Seminar 8:
Brazil, April 21-May 3, 2006

Issues: International Trade & World Markets, Production Practices, Critical Issues, Government Policy, Competitiveness, Foreign Cultures, Customs and Values.

Theme: Competition, Communication, Culture

Seminar 9:

GRADUATION - College Station, June 1, 2006

George Bush Presidential Conference Center


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