Several students were recognized for outstanding academics and leadership March 26 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course Graduation.

Pictured from left seated: Lisa Klug, Leadership Award, Kewaskum; Ryan Schleis, Academic Award, Kewaunee; Cynthia Voelz, Academic Award, Bowler; Andy McWilliams, Leadership Award, Janesville; and Matt Schleusner, Leadership Award, Ridgeland. Standing: Lynn Harbaugh, Poysippi, Short Course alumni president; Aaron Barclay, Academic Award, Seymour; Charles Riewe, Academic Award, Oconto; Adam Lasch, Academic Award, Lake Geneva; Jeremy Holst, Academic Award, Lake City, Minn; and Deborah Mulligan, Academic Award, Madison. Not pictured are Dan Pregont, Academic Award, Milton; and Peter Petersen, Academic Award, Rice Lake.

More than 100 students received one-year or two-year certificates at the event. The Short Course, established at the UW-Madison in 1885, is Wisconsin”s oldest post-secondary agricultural education program.