On November 16th, students from high schools in Bureau, Marshall, Putnam and Stark counties attended the 5th annual College Open House at the Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau building.  Representatives from the Agriculture Departments of Black Hawk College, Illinois Central College, Illinois State University, Illinois Valley Community College, Parkland College, Joliet Junior College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Western Illinois University participated in the event.

The open house was well attended with approximately 55 students taking advantage of the day to explore several different colleges in one place.

This event is hosted by Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau, Bureau County Farm Bureau, Stark County Farm Bureau and Marshall-Putnam Ag in the Classroom.

This event provides a great opportunity for area students to meet locally with representatives from colleges all over Illinois.  With one in four jobs in Illinois being related to agriculture, we feel that an event of this type is very important and beneficial to our youth.