CFANS alumni and friends connect at Research and Outreach Centers

Slideshow - ROC alumni dinners 2023

Charlie Rohwer shares horticulture research with alumni and friends at the Southern Research & Outreach Center in Waseca.

Alumni & friends at the Southwest Research & Outreach Center near Lamberton.

CFANS alumni enjoying dinner and conversation at the North Central Research & Outreach Center in Grand Rapids.

CFANS alumni and friends at the Southern Research & Outreach Center in Waseca.

Jeff Strock talks about drainage research at the Southwest Research & Outreach Center near Lamberton.

Alumni & friends socialize outside a machine shed at the North Central Research & Outreach Center in Grand Rapids.

Shaobo Deng explains the Plasma Blue technology and renewable energy research at the SROC in Waseca.

Dean Buhr welcomes CFANS alumni and friends to the Southwest Research & Outreach Center near Lamberton.

Joleen Hadrich welcomes alumni and friends to the NCROC in Grand Rapids.

This summer, three CFANS Research and Outreach Centers — the SWROC in Lamberton, NCROC in Grand Rapids, and SROC in Waseca — hosted alumni and friends for tours and an opportunity to network and connect with each other, as well as Center and CFANS representatives. Here's what attendees had to say! 

We enjoyed the information on the research that is currently being conducted at the station. Please continue to share! This is important as the alumni will share this information in conversations we have with other people. Found out about two programs we didn't know much about, that's a good thing!

I appreciated the great research work and committed faculty-staff in the U of M system we engaged with.  A great way to inspire alumni to recruit for the University.

It was an enjoyable evening meeting new people and seeing old friends.

The tours were very informative and it felt very personal. 

Tour of facility was fantastic! I can see bringing my students to visit and learn a lot!