The Association of Collegiate Branches is the undergraduate organization of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences (ASHS). Its main purposes are to encourage undergraduate participation in the ASHS, to provide a forum of exchange from club and professional ideas, and to act as an official agent for undergraduate horticulture students.
The ACB is broken into four regional groups: Mid-America (MACHS), Northeast, Western America, and Southern regions. MACHS stands for the Mid-American Collegiate Horticultural Society and includes collegiate horticulture clubs from 12 Mid-American states including: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
MACHS at Purdue University -
The Mid-American Collegiate Horticultural Society holds its annual convention each spring. A different school in the region hosts the meetings each year. Seminars, workshops, and student paper and poster presentations, as well as plant judging and identification competitions will be part the events. The MACHS meetings are definitely a good time and a great place to meet people in horticulture from the Mid-western states and should prove to be both academically and socially refreshing!!