Local receives agricultural degree

Katie Teachout, The Journal | Last updated Jul 30, 2020 8:30am0

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Levi Allen received his bachelor of applied science in agricultural systems June 11.

WALLA WALLA – Levi Allen was one of six students in the first class to graduate with a bachelor of applied science in agricultural systems, June 11. This is the first class to receive a four-year degree from the college.

Allen, 24, graduated from Washtucna in 2014 before getting his Associate of Applied Science degree, a prerequisite to the bachelor program, at Walla Walla Community College.

The son of Byron and Karyn Allen, he grew up working on a wheat farm and was home helping with the harvest last week.

"He is out on the bank-out wagon right now," Karyn Allen said July 23.

Levi Allen is employed at Wenzel Nursery in College Place, where he started in March of this year.

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Katie Teachout, Editor

Katie Teachout is the editor of The Ritzville Adams County Journal. Previously, she worked as a reporter at The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle, the Oroville Gazette-Tribune, Northern Kittitas County Tribune and the Methow Valley News. She is a graduate of Western Washington University.