Out and about on tour

from MOCOSA | Issue 50 | December 2022

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Out & About on Tour

Marcus students on tour in 2022.

All student cohorts travelled overseas with members of staff for their tours in August 2022. AG1 with Deanne Whelan, Abbott Haron and James Lang, EM with Katrina Wood and Roberta MacLeod and FM1 with Andrew Etherton, Duncan Ashby and Lisa Gowers all toured New Zealand.

AG2 with Dave Cornish and Kate Gorman toured the west coast of the USA, and FM3 with Andrew Baker, Ben Jones, Cleo Gower from MOC, along with Boo Harvey DipAA’96 from CBRE, travelled to Texas and Louisiana.

CBRE proudly assisted with the FM3 and AG2 tours.

“Agricultural education is the future of our industry. Marcus Oldham has been dedicated to supporting the creation of young leaders for over sixty years and has done an amazing job. I think our whole industry should support Marcus Oldham, so CBRE sponsoring some of the costs of running the study tours is just one way that one corporation is showing support,” said David Goodfellow, Managing Director, CBRE Agribusiness. “I’ve always been passionate about the study tours organised by Marcus Oldham because one way to learn is by reading and listening to theory, but another way is to go and see for yourself who is actually trying out those theories and what’s working best. Seeing slightly different perspectives, that are not easily accessible in Australia, creates a great learning experience, so this initiative is very worthy of support.” “If students can see the joy that CBRE gets from helping others such as an institution like Marcus Oldham then, one day, each and every student might also be able to create that same joy for themselves, the joy of helping others.”