19 Hoosier Banker January 2015 the Indiana Bankers Association, serves as registrar. Dates for the 2015 school are tentatively set for Nov. 30-Dec. 3. IBA will be distributing information about the 2015 school in the fall. For more information, contact Freddie Barnard at 765-494-4242, barnardf@ purdue.edu, or IBA’s Laurie Rees at 317-387-9380, lrees@indianabankers. org. t EDUCATION ROUNDUP Enrollment at the 42nd session of the Midwest Agricultural Banking School was 43 students. Students attended from four states: 27 from Indiana, nine from Michigan, six from Ohio and one from Illinois. The school is co-sponsored by the Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan bankers associations; the Ohio Bankers League; and the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. The school consists of two full days of classroom instruction and, on the third day, students attend the IBA Ag Clinic. The curriculum provides needed instruction, while minimizing time spent away from the bank. An optional introductory session was provided on the afternoon prior to the start of the school for those students with limited backgrounds in production agriculture; eighteen students attended that session. The school is designed to help further the education of bankers and others involved in the field of agricultural finance. Class work features the practical aspects of agricultural credit and finance. The curriculum includes the six core modules developed in cooperation with the Kansas and Nebraska bankers associations’ schools of banking, plus sessions on the FSA loan program, the commodity price support program, environmental audits, marketing alternatives used by producers, land acquisition and rental arrangements, crop insurance and building customer relationships Faculty members include academicians, bankers and other agricultural professionals. Each instructor is selected carefully, based on knowledge and presentation skills. Purdue Agricultural Economist Freddie Barnard serves as director of the school. Laurie Rees, vice president-education & training for IBA Co-Hosts Midwest Agricultural Banking School Attendees of the 2014 Midwest Agricultural Banking School were, left to right (row 1): Justin Aeder, Robin Kleiman, Joyce Thompson, Janelle Kirsch, Jennifer Rector,Amanda Hedrick,Alice Kelley, Michelle Hinson and Freddie Barnard; (row 2): Branden Scott, Leanne Schuette, Jessica Cottrell,Amanda Azbell and Kevin Bock; (row 3):Andrew Nahernak,Tom Kreh,Ashley Snyder, Bridget Driscoll and Don Goeb; (row 4): Bill Salin, Michael Seibert, Zachary Newbauer, Kari Renz and Christopher Both; (row 5):Tom Overleese, Camille Wilson, Kendall Green, Dan Wheat and Corey Christner; (row 6): Michael Ott, Michelle Kitson, Corey Heldt, Clayton Nagel and Gregg Drury; (row 7): Kyle Cessna,Todd Stevens, David Lehe,Tom Schroeder and Jeff Kiger; and (row 8): Greg Woodward, Paul Steffeck, James Alender, Grant VonDielingen and Aaron Hines.
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