| Education/Degrees/Professional
Certification M.S., University of Tennessee - Animal Science - 1974
B.S., University of Tennessee - Animal Husbandry - Agronomy, 1972
Background:
Roger Brooks has been teaching Agriculture at Walters State since 1980 and started the
Ag Club shortly after that. Roger has always used his horses, cattle, farm, and
whatever else he has as part of the teaching program.
Roger is an active farmer raising cattle and tobacco. He enjoys hobbies such as
horseback riding, hunting and wildlife management. He has served
as President of the Hawkins County Farm Bureau and a board member of Farmers Co-op. He is a member
of the WSCC Ag Pavilion Board of Advisors, and he was voted Morristown Agribusiness Person
of the Year in 1995.
At WSCC Roger has been twice named a Distinguished Faculty Member and has also received the
President's Meritorious Leadership Award. He and wife, Karen, daughter, Laura and
son, David, live on a farm in Hawkins County where they attend Gills Chapel Baptist Church
which borders the farm.
Courses Taught
Fall:
AGRM 1010 Perspectives in Agriculture
AGRM 1110/1111 Fundamentals of Animal Science
AGRM 1130 Horse Management
AGRM 1140 Horsemanship
AGRM 1150 Advanced Horsemanship
AGRM 2030/2031 Soil Science
Spring:
AGRM 1160 Livestock Management
AGRM 1170 Livestock Event Management
AGRM 1180 Advanced Livestock Event Management
AGRM 1210/1211 Introduction to Crop Science
AGRM 2140/2141 Farm Animal Health and Management Practices
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