Arkansas Tech University welcomed agricultural educators from across the United States July 14-18 for the 2025 Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) Institute.
The CASE Institute engaged educators in a full academic year of agriculture science animal curriculum labs and activities through the five days of in-person instruction and supplemental virtual instruction. As a result, the teachers who participated in the institute will be prepared to deliver the material to their K-12 students.
Dr. Justin Killingsworth, ATU professor of agricultural education, oversaw and helped facilitate the institute, which was hosted by the ATU Department of Agriculture and Tourism.
Participants in the 2025 CASE Institute at ATU represented Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
Karen Van De Walle of Denver, Iowa, and Nicole Hinrichsen of McLouth, Kan., served as institute lead instructors.
According to information provided by the national organization, CASE Institute sessions “provide teachers important background related to the pedagogy used in CASE curricula and practice teaching various lessons to prepare them for classroom instruction.”
The CASE Institute at Arkansas Tech is sponsored by Farm Credit of Western Arkansas and the ATU Department of Agriculture and Tourism.
Learn more at www.atu.edu/agriculture.
