Education Advocate: Beam Working to Spread Hillsdale’s K-12 Program

Education Advocate: Beam Working to Spread Hillsdale’s K-12 Program

Written by Doug Goodnough Growing up on a ranch in Grants, New Mexico, Tara Elkins Beam, ’10, ’16 M.A., was part of the 4-H and rodeo circuit, with her specialty being something called “goat-tying.” “There’s a stake in the ground at the end of the arena and a rope tied to it with a goat at the end of it,” Beam explained. “You run your horse straight down the arena as fast as you can, and your horse keeps running. You just step off, and your hors…