AFA Food Institute application available

The AFA Food Institute, held annually in February, brings 75 talented college men and women to the Chicago area to take part in a three-day program. Students are selected through a competitive application process and have expressed a specific interest in the food sector. The itinerary will provide interaction between students and food sector leaders; expose students to area processors, businesses and other related service providers and include discussion and training to enhance student preparation to enter careers in the agriculture and food industry.

This Institute is open to all undergraduate students pursuing agriculture-related degrees.

Objectives:

• Increase the profile of food systems, processing, marketing and related service careers to students interested in the food sector
  
• Create an understanding of joint interests of food processors around global supply and food safety
  
• Enhance awareness of the integration of the food system from production to retail
  
• Discuss issues, trends and opportunities facing the industry
  
• Provide students with a visual representation of participating organizations business, environment and culture
  
• Network to create relationships that may aid in internship and work experiences for the mutual benefit of future employment
  
• Close the gap between workforce needs and career preparation in the food industry

To apply visit http://www.agfuture.org/s/1342/index.aspx?sid=1342&gid=1&pgid=875 

Final chance to enter UF Honors Program for 1st year students

First-year students who started Summer B or Fall 2013 are invited to apply for the UF Honors Program through lateral admissions.

 Those interested in applying are required to attend an information session in September. Note, this is the last opportunity to apply for the UF Honors Program. For more information, please visit http://www.honors.ufl.edu/Lateral.aspx

Paid Mentor Opportunity for Junior/Senior Male Students

S.E.C. (Situational Environmental Circumstances)

Mentors Wanted 

For More Information Contact: Joe Johnson M.A., LSC 

Send Resume to: j6johnson8@ufl.edu Phone: 352-273-4363 

• This initiative serves "at-risk" male students (4th and 5th graders). 
• Male students are from high risk communities, inclusive of but not limited to low performing schools. 
• College mentors interact with youth mentees on a continuous basis, inclusive of non-traditional hours and weekends. 

UF Juniors/Seniors and Males are highly encouraged to apply! (Some Exceptions)

ABE Poster Symposium - October 23rd

The Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department is hosting a poster symposium for ABE graduate and undergraduate students to showcase their research, complete with free poster printing, judging, and PRIZE MONEY! The posters will be displayed throughout the first floor of Frazier Rogers Hall, and refreshments will be served.

KEY DATES:

October 9th – Submit intent to participate to Shannon Noble (shannon.noble@ufl.edu) with the following information included in the email:

• Name
• Degree being pursued (BS/MS/ME/PhD)
• Faculty advisor
• POSTER TITLE

Upon receiving your intent to submit a poster, you will receive additional information on how to receive reimbursement for the cost needed to print your poster and where to hang your poster on the day of the symposium. Students will be reimbursed a maximum of $12 for poster printing. Information on campus printing is available at http://print.at.ufl.edu/printingquestions.shtml

October 23rd – ABE Poster Symposium, 4 to 6 PM

PRIZES:

A group of faculty members will be judging posters. Advisors will not be judging their own students. Winners will be notified via email after the symposium, and will be presented with their awards at the ABE Thanksgiving Luncheon. Winning posters will also be showcased at the Thanksgiving Luncheon.

• Graduate 1st - $300
• Graduate 2nd - $200
• Graduate 3rd - $100
• Graduate Honorable Mention - $50
• Undergraduate 1st - $75

Sigma Xi Student Research Grants - Deadline October 15th

STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society is now accepting student grant applications through the Grant-in-Aid of Research Program. Applications are accepted in all fields of science and engineering. The application deadline is October 15, 2013 for awards to be disbursed in January 2014.

Additional information at: http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar

Email questions to giar@sigmaxi.org

CALL FOR STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to share their research through poster presentations at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and International Research Conference on November 8th and 9th in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Abstracts accepted in all fields of science and engineering with awards given for outstanding presentations. A full announcement is included below.

Additional information at: http://www.sigmaxi.org/meetings/annual/src.shtml

Email questions to meeting@sigmaxi.org

ICPF Career Portal has Packaging Opportunities

ICPF Career Portal Contains Entry Level Jobs for New and Upcoming Graduates, and for Students Seeking Internships

This week, ICPF's Career Portal (http://careers.icpfbox.org) has a score or more of new “entry level” openings posted for new and upcoming graduates. They include about a dozen openings in corrugated sales, and the remainder in packaging design, graphic design, manufacturing management (trainees), supply chain management, customer service, and reliability management Directions on applying and general information on corrugated sales are outlined below.

CAREER PORTAL DIRECTIONS: In order to register on the ICPF career center as a jobseeker or internship seeker, follow these steps:

• Go to http://careers.icpfbox.org

• Click on the "Sign Up Now" button in the center of the page – this will begin walking you through the registration process.

• Input your contact information and upload your resume – click the "Save & Continue" button – the system has a parser in place that will assist you with disbursing the information into the appropriate fields. You will then need to go through and verify the information was placed correctly. –click “Save & Continue”.

• On the following page you will verify your contact information – click “Save & Continue”.

• The following section will have you verify your employment / education history – click “Save & Continue”.

• Input the additional resume detail on the following page – when complete, click "Save & Continue".

• The following screen will give you three options – you can choose to make your resume/profile public/confidential/private. You will also have the ability to attach and upload additional documents on this page – click “Save & Continue”.

• This will then take you to a preview of your information – if all looks good, click the "Complete Registration" button.

Testimonial Video (You may have to paste links in your browser to view.)

Vanguard Packaging / University of Florida

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ePFRASY28

(Michael Cochran acquired a student internship through ICPF at Vanguard Packaging for the summer of 2011 and was hired by Vanguard upon his graduation from University of Florida Packaging in summer of 2012)

Job Openings at Rock Garden

Rock Garden, part of the Coosemans Worldwide group, is a Farm to Fork entity that has continued to grow and expand. Aside from a substantial farming network both internationally and domestic, we have recently taken over 100 ac of certified organic land north of Lake Okeechobee to provide our customers with year round, Fresh from Florida products.

Current openings include a Production Manager and a Shift Supervisor. Both positions have responsibilities in Production Management, Staff Management, Technical Support and Food Safety.

The Production Manager spends 25% to 40% of time coordinating with other Departments such as Sales, Imports and Purchasing to insure the efficient movement of the products from the time that they are received, processed by Production employees and turned over to the Shipping Dept. The Production Manager spends approximately 60% to 75% overseeing that the proper application and metrics of quality, safety and health standards are maintained while in the process of handling, cleaning, maintaining, rotating and packing, driving efficiency and profitability without sacrificing quality workmanship or ethical standards.

The Shift Supervisor spends the majority of the time overseeing the quality, accuracy and quantity of the work performed by the personnel: (1) Production/Packing (2) Receiving/ Transportation Team Members. While training or occasionally doing actual production work he/she will be simultaneously supervising and overseeing the general operation of the employees supervised.

For complete job descriptions contact Robin Snyder or Dr. Wendell Porter.

Prospective candidates may apply by contacting Rocio Hernandez at 305.477.8833 x117, or, by e-mail to rocio.hernandez@rockgardenherbs.com.