Members of the FFA State Officer team gather with masks. The team presided over a unique year for FFA. Secretary Hunter Eide said he’s excited new members will get to experience an in-person convention this spring. Pictured is State Reporter Dirby Bawek, back left, Vice President Jackson McFaden, Secretary Hunter Eide, and Sentinel Ryder Mortenson with President Samantha Olson, left front, and Treasurer Elizabeth DeBoer.
In nearly 100 years of FFA history in South Dakota, the state convention has been held on the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings, but this spring, the event is set to move West River.
South Dakota State FFA Secretary Hunter Eide participates in a virtual event this winter. He and his officer team have been doing a mix of in-person and virtual visits. He said he enjoys hearing what others are going through and seeing where he can help out. "Each person is going through a unique experience. Each of their stories is different," he said.
FFA members lay on cots in the ROTC building during the Little International event on the South Dakota State campus in the 1950s. They stayed there during the state convention, too, which was for boys only at that time. Later, boys were housed in the Intramural Building, known as the BARN, and girls overnighted in the ROTC building. This was a big part of convention housing until Brookings got more hotels, FFA Foundation Executive Director Gerri Eide said.
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Members of the FFA State Officer team gather with masks. The team presided over a unique year for FFA. Secretary Hunter Eide said he’s excited new members will get to experience an in-person convention this spring. Pictured is State Reporter Dirby Bawek, back left, Vice President Jackson McFaden, Secretary Hunter Eide, and Sentinel Ryder Mortenson with President Samantha Olson, left front, and Treasurer Elizabeth DeBoer.
FFA members lay on cots in the ROTC building during the Little International event on the South Dakota State campus in the 1950s. They stayed there during the state convention, too, which was for boys only at that time. Later, boys were housed in the Intramural Building, known as the BARN, and girls overnighted in the ROTC building. This was a big part of convention housing until Brookings got more hotels, FFA Foundation Executive Director Gerri Eide said.
South Dakota State FFA Secretary Hunter Eide participates in a virtual event this winter. He and his officer team have been doing a mix of in-person and virtual visits. He said he enjoys hearing what others are going through and seeing where he can help out. "Each person is going through a unique experience. Each of their stories is different," he said.
