| Sunday, April 7 |
| 3:00 p.m. – Hotel Check-in / NALC Registration |
4:00 p.m. -- Alumni Reception at the AZ Cornell Chapter House (transportation provided)
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| 7:00 p.m. -- Dinner, Evening Program and Ice Breakers |
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| Monday, April 8 |
8:00 a.m. -- Buses load for all-day Ag tours (light breakfast items & boxed lunch provided)
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| -Animal Science Tour |
| -Plant Science Tour |
| -Local Agriculture Tour |
| -Environmental Science Tour |
4:00 p.m. -- Return to Hotel
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5:30 p.m. -- Meet in the Hotel lobby and we will walk together to "The Commons" (dinner on your own)
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7:00 p.m. -- Evening Activities: A Capella performances at The Commons, weather permitting
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| Tuesday, April 9 |
7:30 a.m. – Depart Hotel for Cornell University (light breakfast items provided)
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| -Campus Tour #1: Cornell Orchards & Cornell Farm Services Compost Facility
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| -Campus Tour #2: Cornell Dairy Processing Facilities & Cornell School of Veterinary Medicine
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| -Campus Tour #3: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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| 10:45 p.m. – Return to Hotel |
| 11:00 a.m. – Lunch with Keynote Speaker: Chris Fesko, Chris Fesko Enterprises, LLC / |
| On the Farm Discovery Center |
1:00 p.m. -- Conclave (one Conclave delegate from each chapter)
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| 1:00 p.m. -- Afternoon workshops – 3 tracks: |
| 1. Harvest New York |
| Chris Watkins, Assistant Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension
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| 2. Applying to Graduate School
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| Jane Levy, Cornell Career Services |
| 3. Officer Roundtable |
| Emmaline Long, Student Representative to the High Council |
| 2:00 p.m. -- Afternoon workshops – 3 tracks: |
| 1. New York Yogurt Industry
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| Tristan Zuber, Dairy Foods Extension Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension
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| 2. Perfecting Your Resume and Cover Letters
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| Jennifer DeRosa, CALS Career Development |
| 3. Philanthropy Brainstorming Workshop |
| David Headley, AZ High Censor; and Cornell Chapter Representative
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| 3:00 p.m. -- Afternoon workshops – 3 tracks: |
| 1. New York Wine and Grape Industry
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| Chris Stamp, Lakewood Vineyards & Winery
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| 2. Professional Etiquette
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| Barbara Lang, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
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| 3. Recruitment and New Member Education |
| Cornell Chapter Representative
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| 4:00 p.m. -- Agricultural Showcase networking event |
5:00 p.m. – National Initiation
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| 6:00 p.m. – Dinner & Awards Banquet with keynote speaker: Mr. Patrick Hooker, former |
| Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets for New York State |
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