Agriculture, Technology and Natural Resources
PROGRAM UPDATE
SPRING 2018
2018
SUMMER INTERNS The 2018 Summer Internship season is here! This summer, 30 Agriculture, Technology and Industry and Agriculture Business students will be heading out to the field. Of those, 8 students will be interning at an Agronomy Incentive Partner location. The students look forward to enhancing their education through hands on work. The many hours spent in class and studying will now be applied to real life, good luck interns! The faculty also looks forward to the on-site visits with the interns and their managers.
Spring Ag Academy This year, we decided to try something new. Instead of holding a Summer Ag Academy, the BSC ATNR program hosted a Spring Ag Academy. The spring session was targeted towards FFA students and their advisors. Prior to the event, a survey was sent to all N.D. FFA advisors to gauge the best time to invite them to campus. The first week of May was the most frequent given date, and therefore was held on Tuesday, May 1st. A total of 68 FFA students from Wing, Glen Ullin and Berthold attended the event. The goal was to create an experience similar to the day in the life of an agriculture student. Five different courses were offered in the areas of plants, animals, soils and careers in agriculture. The students chose 3 out of the 5, giving them the ability to tailor the experience to their interests. These courses were taught by the ATNR faculty. While the students were in session, their advisors attended a training in precision agriculture given by Carmel. Lunch was held in the student union followed by a campus tour given by admissions. The end of the day concluded with awarding a $500 BSC scholarship to a participating Senior. Thank you to the Agronomy Incentive Partners for your support of this event and scholarship. It went over very well and received many positive comments from both the FFA students and advisors. A detailed report from the event will be given during the Annual Meeting this fall.