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Show AggieLife Page 6 Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 Discover the Ag advantage By TAYLOR ADAMS guest writer itsaboutlove.org Live & Work Abroad Job Preview Monday, October 5 University Inn Room 507 5:30-7 p.m. www.peacecorps.gov (800) 424-8580 GET LOST! The College of Agriculture at USU helps students understand their career options as they work toward degrees. Students have discovered the agriculture advantage through internships, advising and degree plans suited to individuals. Willy Brock, student studying animal, dairy and veterinary sciences (ADVS), chose the College of Agriculture because of the opportunities it presented. “I have a tailor-made degree that prepares me for what I want to do,” Brock said. Currently, Brock is interning at the Center for Integrated Biosystems in Kenneth White’s reproduction laboratory and is waiting to hear from Colorado State University, where he has applied for its 2010 veterinary program. Shannon Mankins, junior in family and consumer sciences education (FCSE), said her degree plan was outlined her freshman year by advisers that know her well. “I can walk into my advising office and talk to my advisers on a first-name basis,” Mankins said about the personal attention she has received while studying to become a teacher in the program that guarantees 100 percent job placement upon graduation. Kira Perry, junior studying ADVS with a biotechnology emphasis, knows her options when it comes to finding a career with her degree. “The thing I really like about my major is that it gives me a fair amount of flexibility,” Perry said. “Biotechnology is a quickly growing field which means that there are quite a num- ber of career possibilities.” Although she would like to become a researcher, Perry said students in her major have other career options including becoming a professor or lab technician along with the option of going to veterinary or medical school. The opportunities upon graduation from the College of Agriculture have led students to become bankers, medical students, magazine writers, teachers and economists, to name only a handful. Steven Gillespie was accepted into medical school while studying nutrition science at the College of Agriculture. As a premed student, Gillespie started USU as a biology major, thinking that it was his only option. “It was brought to my attention that many prerequisites required for medical school were also in the nutrition science major,” Gillespie said. “I enjoy learning about nutrition, especially compared to bugs and trees, so I decided to go with nutrition science.” Agriculture is the science of life, which is why Kimberly Elwood, a Ph.D. student at USU, would recommend the College of Agriculture to others. “If you’re interested in science, even if you don’t have any agriculture experience, you can use the knowledge and skills you gain here in the College of Ag to get you where you want to go.” Students who are interested in discovering the Ag Advantage, can find a list of offered degrees at www.ag.usu.edu along with a list of the advisers who will help create a degree plan to meet individual needs. – t.k.adams@aggiemail.usu.edu (Bring a date, but no nibbling on the ears) • • • • The largest corn maze in cache valley The best deal around unique maze design located next to eccles ice arena OPEN NOW Mon-Thurs 5-11, Fri 5-12, Sat 2-12 Adults $6 Children $4 Call 435-755-5755 $1 off every Monday! 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Chris Riley, president of the Ag Tech Club, said the group began primarily as a way to teach leadership skills to students within the agricultural machinery technology major. “We invite anyone who is majoring in the College of Agriculture to become a paying member,” Riley said. “Anyone is welcome to attend our weekly meetings, even if they’re not in the College of Ag.” Club members meet on a weekly basis and restore trac- tors that have been donated by people from the community. After restoration, the tractors are sold and the money is put back into the club to support the members. Currently there are about 15 members and according to Esther Gale, treasurer of the Ag Tech Club, there were nearly 300 people at the club’s opening social. The Ag Tech Club is responsible for any activities on campus involving tractors, such as the Ag Week Tractor Parade. “If there’s tractors involved, we’re you’re group,” Riley said. If you’re interested in learning more about the Ag Tech Club, contact Chris Riley at christopher.riley@aggiemail. usu.edu or the club’s adviser, Hatch, at royce.hatch@usu. edu. – xxkarizxx@hotmail.com &ĩġĖģĚĖğĔĖ " $ĒĝĠģĚĖ #Ħģğ -ĚĜĖ /ĖħĖģ #ĖėĠģĖå UNLIMITEDÊtanning,Ê$17.95 THEÊFIRSTÊ25ÊSTUDENTSÊTOÊSIGNÊUP 'MFYJCMF .JOVUF $MBTTFT ɩ BU 'JU :PVS 4DIFEVMF :PV $IPPTF UIF 5JNF 8F (VBSBOUFF 3FTVMUT 4JHO 6Q #FGPSF 4FQUFNCFS UI 5P (FU 0OF .POUIT 'SFF RECEIVEÊAÊFREE .JOVUFT 'SPN $BNQVT TRACTORS LINED UP near Romney Stadium minutes before the tractor parade for Ag Week, SPORTSÊACADEMYÊMEMBERSHIP +VTU /PSUI PG 8BM .BSU Monday. Other events include Day on the Quad where students learn about the College of Agriculture programs and clubs, eat shish-ka-bobs and participate in activities relating to agriculture. TYLER LARSON PHOTOS |