The Certificate in Agriculture Program to Graduate 18 Students

Posted May 14, 2004


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 14, 2004 2004-05-28-EXT

The Certificate in Agriculture Program to Graduate 18 Students

Saskatoon, SK - Certificates in Agriculture will be presented to 15 students
in Crop Production and three students in Farm Management at the Extension
Division Certificate Program graduation exercises on May 15, 2004 in Marquis
Hall at the University of Saskatchewan. As well, students with the highest
academic standing in each certificate stream will be recognized through
awards sponsored by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Farm Credit Corporation.

"The Certificates in Agriculture Program (CAP) meet a demand from Western
Canadian residents for post-secondary education in applied agricultural
science," says CAP Coordinator Kari Nicolas, PAg. "Students are appreciative
of the opportunity to study at a distance and continue with their farm,
business and family responsibilities at the same time."

In the past, the Certificates in Agriculture Program received the
Distinguished Credit Program Award from the Association for Continuing
Higher Education. The program also received the Outstanding Program Award
from the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education. Receiving
these awards is a tribute to the success and high completion rate of
students in this program.

The CAP graduates of 2004 are the twelfth group to complete the requirements
of this successful program. There are now 330 graduates since the program
began in the fall of 1990.

CAP continues to attract new students as there are over 130 course
registrations from across the Prairie Provinces this year. This program is
recognized within the agriculture industry as a credible post-secondary
source of agricultural education and is offered cooperatively through
University of Saskatchewan's College of Agriculture and the Extension
Division.

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For more information please contact:

Kari Nicolas, PAg
CAP Coordinator
Extension Division
University of Saskatchewan
Phone: (306) 966-5592

or

Dr. Ernie Barber, PEng, PAg
Dean
College of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
Phone: (306) 966-4050