Strategic planning on the future of the Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) has been happening for about the last two years.  Those comments from Doug Reinemann, CALS Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach.  In a conversation with Pam Jahnke, Reinemann explained the recent announcement that FISC will be moving from credited programming and on-campus residential experiences to non-credit offerings.  The campus residential experience is yet to be determined.

“We envision transforming courses currently offered by FISC into more flexible non-credit offerings, coordinating these with other existing CALS outreach offerings, and adding to the portfolio of educational experiences that bring the research conducted in CALS into practice and develop the agricultural work force,” says Doug Reinemann, CALS associate dean for extension and outreach, who will oversee the new program offerings. “We are soliciting input from stakeholders and CALS faculty and staff to identify training needs in agriculture, food systems, natural resource management, and other economic development topics.”

For more information and program updates, visit fisc.cals.wisc.edu.