We offer educational activities to help inform our own members, grade school students, prospective students, and other students on our campus. These opportunities give us the chance to take leadership roles as well as to learn and expand our horizons.
2021 Little International
The 103rd Little I has come to a close with lots of success for all members involved. Members had a great few weeks of working with their beef heifers, sheep, pigs, and horses with all their hardwork culminating in a fantastic show on April 24th. Colby Bomgardner was our overall champion showman with David Buckwalter as our overall reserve champion showman. Congrats to all the members who participated and put in the time and effort to make this show possible!
AgLive Tailgate
Block and Bridle participated in the College of Agriculture Science’s Alumni Tailgate this year by having members staff our display and share with alumni the current happenings of the club. The club’s most recent scrapbook and yearbook were made available for alumni to view. Members who participated enjoyed socializing with alumni and enjoyed a tasty meal!
College Involvement Fair
Every year the College of Agricultural Sciences holds a Involvement Fair on the lawn between the Creamery and the ASI building on campus. Several members from Block and Bridle represent the club and attend to the display. They field questions and comments from freshmen and transfer students about joining the club.
Keystone International Livestock Exposition (KILE)
The Keystone International Livestock Exposition Intercollegiate and Junior Livestock Judging Contest is held each year in the fall at the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex. Whether club members are running cards, scoring, or helping round up the animals for the classes, it is always the effort of the club members that makes everything run so smoothly.
Prospective Student Open House
Every fall the Department of Dairy and Animal Sciences hosts a Prospective Student Open House in which high school students from across the state come to Penn State University. They spend a night with a current student in order to see what college life is like. After they are dropped off at the Ag Arena on a Wednesday night, college students from different clubs greet them, play games, and enjoy some pizza. The college students take their student back to their dorm where the high school students spend the night in a possible future housing situation for their college career. In the morning, the high school students attend classes and receive tours of Penn State. This is an important recruiting event for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Block and Bridle club members help to organize the event and find hosts for all of the prospective students. This is a great way to meet new people and is important for the future membership of the club.
Spring Judging Contest
The Spring Judging Contest is held at the Snider Ag Arena at Penn State. This opportunity allows youth to engage in an educational experience by evaluating various species of livestock including cattle, swine, and sheep. The contest allows 4-H and FFA youth to expand their knowledge, sharpen their skills on making a quick and definite decision and then having the opportunity or chance to explain and defend the decision they make. The competitors within the contest include Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Collegiate. The youth have a wide variety of livestock classes to evaluate. Many Block and Bridle members were of assistance with helping hands in order to make the contest run smoothly and ensure that each of our contestants had a positive experience throughout the contest.
