U of G student Connor Kiselchuk doesn’t mind being described as a high-level thinker. Although still an undergrad, he’s already seen his experimental tomato plants transported to the international space station’s orbital greenhouse. With an impressive line-up of research awards behind him, Connor hopes his passion and hard work will launch him into his next big project.
Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.
