TALL VIII 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 16-19, 2002.
Issues: Team and Group Dynamics, Semantics of Teams, TAMU System, Professional Image and Etiquette, Challenge Course (ROPES), Bush Presidential Library.
Theme: Leadership in Agriculture / Team Building.
Seminar 2:
Lubbock/Amarillo, October
15-18, 2002.
Issues: Commodity Organizations: Feedlot and Packing Industry, Wheat, Corn, Dairy, Cotton, Soybean, Grain Sorghum, Equine.
Theme:
High
Plains Agriculture
Seminar 3:
Austin, January 21-24, 2003.
Issues: State Government, Legislative Process, Agencies, Taxes and Appropriations, Trade, Judicial Process, Transportation.
Theme:
State
Government: Issues and Policies
Seminar 4:
Washington, D.C. / New
York / Canada, May 17-26, 2003.
Issues: National Government, Congressional Process, Agencies, Stock Market, Textiles, Trade, Transportation, Port Authority, Immigration.
Theme:
National
Government: Issues and Policies
Seminar 5:
South
Africa
, August 15-28, 2003.
Issues: International Trade and World Markets, Critical Issues, Government Policy, Competitiveness, Foreign Cultures and Values.Commodity Organizations: Feedlot and Packing Industry, Wheat, Corn, Dairy, Cotton, Soybean, Grain Sorghum, Equine.
Theme:
International
Experience
Seminar 6:
Valley and Mexico November 4-7, 2004.
Issues: NAFTA, Changing Markets, Water, New Business Strategies, Labor, Imports, Citrus, Vegetables, Wildlife, Immigration.
Theme:
Dealing with Change
Seminar 7:
East Texas, January 20-23, 2004.
Issues: Forestry, Fisheries, Livestock, Poultry, Horticulture, Satellite Marketing, Food Distribution, Value Added Processing, Advertising.
Theme:
Production Agriculture in East Texas
Seminar 8:
Houston, April 20-23, 2004.
Issues: NASA, Port of Houston, Medical Center, Oil and Gas, Banking, Urban Issues, Prison Systems.
Theme: Energy/Science/Technology
Seminar 9:
GRADUATION - College Station, May 6, 2004
George Bush Presidential Conference Center
