CONVENTION TIP of the DAY - Friday, May 30, 2025 - FFA Degree Seating
State FFA Degree Seating
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, during the 4th General Session of the 97th Illinois FFA State Convention, Illinois FFA will present the State FFA Degrees to 637 FFA members from all over the state. State FFA Degree recipients, when you arrive, please proceed UPSTAIRS to the Mezzanine level with your Stage Appearance Card from your FFA Advisors.
ALSO, AGAIN THIS YEAR!! The seating for both the State FFA Degree and American FFA Degree recipients will be on the Mezzanine level (the upper level) of the Bank of Springfield Center.
REMINDER - NO State FFA Degree Group Photo this year. We will of course, have the expert photographer, Cindy Cagwin Johnston, taking a photo of each individual State FFA Degree recipient as they cross the stage under the ever-so-beautiful and traditional State FFA Degree Arch. Click here to see the folder of those photos from last year that we try to get posted to the website shortly after the degree ceremony. ***NEW THIS YEAR, thanks to Mr. Mike Butler and the Athens FFA Chapter, we have two additional State FFA Degree Arches for Degree photos with advisors and families. One will be located on the main floor and one on the lower level on Wednesday afternoon.
Advisors, please direct your other FFA Members to please leave the seating on the first level of the Bank of Springfield Center open for State FFA Degree recipients’ family members. Please direct them to head up the Mezzanine and fill those seats before trying to find seats on the 1st level floor seating - again, leave those seats to family members. Click here to see the seating charts for each session. Please review the 4th Session and see where we would like to have families sit and FFA members to make plenty of room for those families.
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Mindy Bunselmeyer
Illinois FFA Center
Phone: 217-753-3328 Cell: 217-412-5646
Email: mbunselmeyer@illinoisffa.org
Address: 3221 Northfield, Springfield, IL 62702