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Right in the heart of Mittweida

Mittweida University of Applied Sciences offered a wide range of activities and insights into research, teaching and projects at the State Harvest Festival in the university town. A look back.

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A varied programme: The university offers an insight into research and practical projects

With its 6,000 students and 600 staff members in teaching, research and management, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences is right at the heart of Mittweida, a town with a population of 15,000. No wonder, then, that the university was also well represented at the State Harvest Festival, which took place in Mittweida from 27 to 29 September, with many enthusiastic participants and fascinating topics – and at numerous locations across the festival grounds.

A man aged around 30 is leaning against a birdhouse, which is standing on a long table covered with various photographs of birds. Standing opposite him is an elderly lady, laughing heartily.
"We want to be cheerful too, as cheerful as the little birds" – It’s good when you know them all by name.

Almost all of it was directly related to agriculture, nature and environmental protection: it ranged from battery-powered farm loaders for transporting loads to making nesting aids for wild bees. Children had a great time building a town out of clay or going on a digital treasure hunt using their mobile phones. The ‘Participatory Farming’ research project highlighted, amongst other things, the employment opportunities available to people with disabilities in the agricultural sector. ‘One University – One Book’ took visitors on a journey with a reading from ‘Paula’s Journey – or how a chicken turns us into climate protectors’.

A member of staff from the university, wearing a blue T-shirt, is running in front of a themed float. He is holding up a sticker featuring a duck and the caption ‘IntelligEnte’ for the camera.
Handing out ‘smart’ gifts at Technikumplatz: Martin Voigt, a member of staff at the university’s Faculty Media Sciences.

The highlight for the thousands of visitors to the State Harvest Festival was the parade on Sunday afternoon. Among the 50 entries in the parade, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences was arguably the one with the largest contingent. Not perched atop the impressive combine harvester or the large themed float, but cheerfully facing the spectators, over 50 members of the university paraded through the town. They handed out sweets and stickers featuring the ‘IntelligEnte’ motif from the Night of Sciences (Nacht der Wissenschaften), or ‘kleina WILDA geila’ – the title of the music video parody and declaration of love by the media studies students to their university town.

A small red farm loader is stacking (under the driver’s control) empty Euro pallets.
Not overly ambitious, but efficient and locally emission-free thanks to its electric drive – and open to everyone to try out.