As part of the activities organized by the Tecnológico Nacional de México campus Conkal to showcase its work with communities, the final semester forum of the agronomy engineering program titled “Field Day Experiences” took place on November 17th. In this event, students from the first, third, and fifth semesters of the program presented their experiences working in the community before a panel. The intention was not only to have their efforts recognized and evaluated but also to help them choose another productive area to participate in during the following semester.
According to Jorge Gamboa, the facilitator of the Transforming Higher Education project at the Technological Institute of Conkal, the institution aims to achieve the following objectives with this event:
1. Showcase experiences gained during their field days in accordance with the selected productive area. Since students are distributed across 14 areas, organizing this type of forum allows everyone to have knowledge of the various activities they can engage in.
2. Enable students to explain and present their experiences to the faculty and fellow students at the Institute. This allows for the identification of areas of opportunity and potential leaders.
3. Promote integration and collective work, as the presentations are group-based, consisting of students linked to the selected productive area.
4. Select outstanding students to form a brigade dedicated to community commitment.
5. Evaluate the incorporation of values, ethics, environmental care, and conflict resolution during the presentations. Additionally, promote the importance of experiential learning and the identification of ideas for entrepreneurship and innovation.
We’d like to use this newsletter to congratulate all the students who participated in the forum and encourage them to continue seeking opportunities to become agents of change and bring progress to their communities. Here’s the complete list of participants:
| Exposition “Cultivos forrajeros tropicales”. | Ake Uc Evelin Santamarina Rodríguez Lizbeth Maldonado Poot Marian Lara Martín José Salazar Coyoc Ely |
| Exposition “Huerto horto-frutícola”. | Loria Campos Giovanny García Gutiérrez Pablo Pamplona Campos Cristian Pech Uc Manuel Martín Christian Abisay |
| Exposition “Laboratorio de biotecnología”. | Medina Jiménez María |
| Exposition “Producción e investigación de ovinos y conejos”. | Gorocica Rodríguez Jesús Aguilar Noemi Flores Ávila Ana |
| Exposition “Unidad de producción e investigación “la curva” ovinos y forraje”. | León Puc Alma García Aldana José Basto Gonzales Miguel Martín Ricardo Noé Duarte Martín Ángel |
| Exposition “Ornamentales”. | Chan Martínez Isabel Celis Medina Andrea Puga Canul Marina May Espadas Pastor |
| Exposition “Invernaderos” | Aguilar Nah Eduardo Castillo Cuxim Andrea Huchim Martín Juliette Matos Chí Salma Saraí Martín Baqueiro Pamela |
| Exposition “Módulo de agrosistemas” | Tuyub Chim Idaime Sosa Yam Jonathan |
| Exposición del área “Recursos fitogenéticos de fruticultura tropical”. | Villanueva Canche Joel |
| Exposition “Planta de bioprocesamiento” | Cámara Biceño Alexander Kú Medina Josué Tuz Pech Manuel |
| Exposition “Módulo experimental hidroponía y forraje verde hidropónico”. | Alumna: Cen Chávez Dayra |
| Exposition “Área hortícola-posta”. | Rodríguez Chan Luis Alonzo May Isaac Ávila Heredia Juan Can Can José |
| Exposition “Unidad de producción porcina”. | Chan Ek William Chan Colli Jesús Catzim Molina Aristeo |
| Exposition “Unidad de producción apícola”. | Novelo Saurí Erika Dzul Aguilar Miguel Yam Dzib Priscila |
