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Print, Photographic

1984

University of Minnesota Technical College, Waseca, University of Minnesota, Waseca, UMW. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photograph; caption: The members of the Waseca Agricultural Advisory Committee at the University of Minnesota Technical College, Waseca met recently on campus. The group meets quarterly to advise college officials on a number of issues related to agriculture and to stay informed on the direction of the college. Members include, from left, bottom up: Tom Yuzer, Director of Institutional Advancement at UMW; UMW Provost E.C. Fredrick; George Brophy, Executive Director of Farmamerica; Jeff Ruedy, Waseca Farmers Union; Jim Hersey, District Conservationist; Mark Worthly, Vo-Ag Instructor at New Richland; Robert Reger, Assistant Vice President of PCA; Marv Miller, DHIA; Lester Kroeger, ADA; Herb Hokanson, President of Farm Bureau; Mert Hildebrandt, Soybean Growers Assoc.; Dick Anderson, Superintendent of So. Experiment Station; Mike Keeley, President of Crop Improvement Assc; Norm Bohmbach, Vo-Ag Instructor at Waseca High School.

In August 1912, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents purchased 246 acres of land half a mile to the south and west of Waseca on the edge of the city limits. The Southeast Demonstration Farm and Experiment Station began operations in 1913. In 1925, the Southeast Demonstration and Experiment Station became the Southeast Experiment Station. In 1941, with an additional land purchase, the station totaled 598 acres. Land was set aside for the Southern School of Agriculture (SSA) which admitted its first students in 1953. In 1969, the Southern School of Agriculture evolved into the University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca then it was renamed as the University of Minnesota-Waseca (UMW), sharing land with the newly named Southern Experiment Station (SES). In 1992, UMW graduated its final class and then the UMW campus buildings were sold to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In 1999, the Southern Experiment Station became the Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC).