GAR Spring 2022 Interns

Since 2013, The Gardiner Angus Ranch structured internship program has hosted 53 students from universities across the U.S. The students arrive with lots of goals, aspirations and hopes to continue to gain useful experience and eventually become professionals in agriculture. While experience is helpful, it has never been a prerequisite for an internship. Curiosity and a willingness to learn, however, are. The spring interns arrive just days before we begin ultrasounding hundreds of cattle and embryo transfer on over 100 donors. From day one, interns learn low-stress handling, horsemanship, reproduction, data collection and basic animal husbandry skills.

Ambree Sandell, a junior at the University of Florida, plans to continue her education and seek a master’s degree at Texas A & M University. Her goal is to become an educator in an extension role at a land grant university.

Shelby Stille, a junior at University of Missouri, plans to become a veterinarian and join a mixed animal practice in rural Missouri. Shelby was raised on her family’s Red Angus operation. The family also raises pork, poultry and eggs to supply their direct to consumer business.

Zachary Klonicke, a senior at Virginia Tech University, plans to return to VT and enter vet school, with the goal of becoming a food animal veterinarian.