Today’s class was all about project development and continuing our conversation about potential partners and areas of focus. Last class we narrowed down a couple areas that we wanted to continue to explore and one of those was HATponics, an organization that focuses on sustainable agriculture through the hydroponic farming. Today, we Skyped with the CEO of HATponics, Ryan Cox, who showed us examples of the farming technology that he has implemented in several countries and discussed how Periclean Scholars could be involved. Our very own David May made this contact last semester and he led the discussion. We submitted individual questions that David asked and we were able to gain insight on the different stages involved in being apart of a HATponics project.
After this Skyping session, we discussed this organization and the possibilities involved as a group and then we planned different groups to split into to research not only HATponics more, but other organizations that we are interested in. By next class these different groups will present on what they found so that we can move closer to narrowing our focus in Namibia.
In terms of Periclean Scholars here at Elon, we stressed the advertising and media push for the Cookies to Go-Go Event hosted by the Class of 2016. Most of us took steps on Facebook and Twitter to promote this event!
Lastly, we discussed last minute induction plans, as well as what kind of “swag” we want to present to the new inductees. Also, plans for mentor-mentee pairing and relationships were brought up. Overall, we are very excited about meeting the new Pericleans and helping to show them just how incredible the Periclean Program is!
Peace, Love & Periclean <3
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