/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Alton%20McEwen/rss en /channels/channels/news/family-farm-family-gift-mac-graduate-cultivates-experiential-education-333092 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>As a young Macdonald College student, Alton McEwen, BSc(Agr)’66, had plenty of opportunities for experiential education during the summer months, working seven days a week on the family dairy farm in the Chateauguay Valley. Thanks to a generous gift from McEwen, internships will continue to play an essential part in the education experience at the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.</p> <p>Read more in August 2021 issue of <a href="https://publications.mcgill.ca/macdonald/2021/08/25/from-family-farm-to-family-gift/">Focus on Macdonald</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/alton_and_family_002.jpg?itok=0oTy9MtR" width="160" height="120" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:50:59 +0000 webfull 172798 at /channels