TALL X 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 11-14, 2006

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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 3-6, 2006

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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 16-19, 2007.


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


Theme: Leadership, Legislation, Laws

Seminar 4:
Washington, D.C. /Maryland/ New York, April 21-28, 2007.


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/Gulf Coast, July 24-27, 2007


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 October 16-19, 2007


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/East Texas, January 15-18, 2008


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:
China, April 25-May 7, 2008


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 5, 2008

Hilton Hotel and Conference Center


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