Agriculture, Technology and Natural Resources
PROGRAM UPDATE
FALL 2017
2017 Summer Internship Review
From a family farm, nearly 6,000 miles away
The 2017 Summer Internship season went well. This summer we had six students intern at Agronomy Incentive Partner locations. We always value and promote these experiences, because we know that the student will be given a great learning opportunity on a wide range of topic areas.
Most all of our students come from family farms, this is just the same for J. Louis Harrington. Harrington is from Buchanan. Buchanan, Liberia that is. Harrington’s home land is very fertile and productive. His family’s history of skilled labor production sparked his interest in agriculture production. The idea of being fully engaged in agriculture to feed future generations is what has brought him here to Bismarck State College. Harrington feels that N.D. is “BSC Agriculture the center of agriculture and technology, will help me achieve “BSC Agriculture will help me achieve my goals of helping my goals of helping my people living in my people living in America.” America.”
As requested by the Agronomy Incentive Partners, a new student evaluation form was created and used for the first time this summer. The evaluation is more user friendly and student performance is much easier to measure. Next summer we hope to have these forms electronically available. The outcomes from these evaluations will be shared at the upcoming Agronomy Incentive Partner Annual Meeting.
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ROUND TABLE
Agronomy Incentive Partners ANNUAL MEETING
FRIDAY, OCT. 27 9 A.M.-5 P.M.
- J. Louis Harrington Harrington’s family history actually begins in New Jersey. His grandfather was an African American entrepreneur from the Garden State who had an opportunity to farm 45 acres of land in the area of Buchanan, Liberia. He began his farming venture in Buchanan with crops and livestock. He then met his wife and settled, established a family farm where Harrington lived with his parents and 13 siblings.
Harrington is currently enrolled in the Agriculture, Technology, Food and Natural Resources Transfer program. He plans to transfer to NDSU and pursue a Master’s Degree in the area of Plant Sciences. Once complete, he hopes to work in research and production, specifically with a focus on helping and providing jobs for immigrants.