MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT JOHN REYNDERS CELEBRATED AG WEEK AND THE GROWTH OF THE UNIVERSITY’S AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT BY DRIVING A TRACTOR ON CAMPUS THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
REYNDERS IS RETIRING AS PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL AFTER 22 YEARS AND JOKED HE WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING BACK BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE BIG TRACTOR:
TRACTOR1 OC…FUN FOR ME. :18
HE IS PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE EXPANSION OF THE AG DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS:
TRACTOR2 OC……IN FACILITIES. :16
AS HE ENTERS HIS FINAL COUPLE OF MONTHS AT MORNINGSIDE, REYNDERS HAS BEEN REFLECTING ON HOW THE CAMPUS HAS CHANGED SINCE HE BECAME PRESIDENT 22 YEARS AGO:
TRACTOR3 OC………YEARS AHEAD. :30
THIS WAS THE THIRD YEARS REYNDERS HAS DRIVEN A TRACTOR ON CAMPUS TO CELEBRATE AGRICULTURE.