Kirkwood Community College - Aquilus Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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MW 'VIR Dave lensen, Head of the Business Department. A student designing an arrangement. An accountant specialist contemplates a set of all important numbers. Flowers grown by the students are used in designs the classes work on Business Depart. Three Different Accounting,Office, A new greenhouse, the dream of every floricultur- ist, became a reality to Neil Shepard, head of the floriculture program. Designing and directing the dispersal of foundling plants, floral design, the care and growth of plants and on-the-job training characterized the floriculture program this year. 30

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Agriculture: a Concentration of Agribusiness, Mechanics ancl Farm Management Students In Agrlculture Mechanics test the operations and controls of a tractor. Young piglets enjoy their dinner in the farrowing house. Agriculture is much more than merely planting crops and milking cows. lt's a concentration of management, agribusiness, animal- science and marketing. Students in Kirkwood's Agribusiness program, a two year course, established and managed a farm store, thereby learning first-hand the tasks involved in buying and selling feed, chemicals, and other staples of the farm environment. The management and planning of a 315 acre demonstration farm was solely in the hands of the Production Agriculture students. Members of this two year course have begun construction efforts and to date have completed work on the house and barn plus building a farrowing house. Specialists in farm equipment mechanics and farm equipment sales are found in the Agricultural Mechanics course, a two year pro- gram. The students serve as foremen of the Agricultural Mechanics Shop Laboratory thereby learning the necessary labor-manage- ment-customer relations. As part of the course students attended the National Barrow Show, the National Lamb show, the National Beef Show, and the Feed and Fertilizer Conference. Included in activities of the year was a hayride-wiener roast given jointly by Agriculture students and the Health Occupations Department. From livestock breeding to soil improvement there are a multitude of specializations offered in Kirkwood's Agriculture Department. 29

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l 'N .4 program. Divided into Areas and Marketing Accounts receivable, accounts payable, posting, pay- roll schedules, annual reports and taxes are the com- ponents of the world of the accountant. KCC offers three types of training in the area of accounting: jun- ior accountant, a one year course, accounting special- ist, a two year course, and business transfer. The CPA of the future learns the reds and blacks of balancing books, adding machines, and the import- ance of using a pencil with a good eraser. 31 .JF Mags 1 One of the three divisions of the business department is the accounting Neil Shepard coordinator of flori- culture. Edward Burrell, coordinator of account- ing.