Iowa Postsecondary Agricultural Student Organization (PAS)
The Iowa Postsecondary Agricultural Student Organization (PAS) is an organization associated with agriculture/agribusiness and natural resources offerings in approved postsecondary institutions offering associate degrees or vocational diplomas and/or certificates.
PAS is one of the ten career and technical student organizations that has been approved by the U. S. Department of Education as an integral part of career and technical education. We are affiliated with the National Postsecondary Agricultural Students Organization and live out the motto "Uniting Education and Industry in Agriculture."
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National PAS Conference
March 18th-21st, 2013
The Galt House
Louisville, Kentucky
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The national organization was organized in March 1979 under Draft Bylaws. PAS was officially founded in March 1980 in Kansas City, Missouri. PAS of Iowa was originally called Agricultural Career Training of Iowa (ACT) and was organized 1979. It was later renamed to Postsecondary Agricultural Students Organization of Iowa and is celebrating 25 years of growth and success.
Membership consists of members from 13 colleges in Iowa. It is available to students in agriculture/agribusiness/natural resources postsecondary programs. National PAS membership now totals some 1,115 members from 56 Chapters located in 18 states. It is available to students in agriculture/agribusiness/natural resources postsecondary programs in approximately 550 institutions in all 50 states.