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The Postsecondary Agricultural Student Organization of Iowa (PAS)

The Postsecondary Agricultural Student Organization of Iowa (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."

What's New
The new 2012-2013 State PAS Officer team was elected February 3, 2012 at Spring PAS Leadership Conference. Check out the link above to learn more about the new officers!

Thank you to our 2012 Spring PAS Conference sponsors: Farmers Cooperative Co. (FC), Heartland Coop, Farm Credit Services of America, Ag Leader Technology, and Monsanto

Updated 2012 Iowa PAS Bylaws
Ag News / Links
Iowa FFA Foundation
FFA Enrichment Center
National PAS Organization
 Iowa Association of Career and Technical Education
ACTE (Association for Career and Technical Education)
AgrowKnowledge

New Happenings
The 2012 National PAS Conference will be held in Des Moines, Iowa on March 14-17, 2012.

All input and suggestions for planning are encouraged for this conference. Please click the links below to leave your comments or to register to volunteer to help at conference:

2012 National PAS Conference Suggestions

2012 National PAS Conference
Volunteer Registration

Countdown to 2012 National Conference:

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.