Internship Opportunity

Willie’s Wheat Grass - Okeechobee, FL.

Internship Opportunities

Process Description:

Willie’s Wheat grass is concerned with natural farming.  Learn how Willie’s Wheat Grass produces wheat grass and other crops on a weekly basis.    Here on our farm located just outside of Okeechobee we have 4 types of internship learning opportunities available.

The First Internship opportunity is to learn and participate in a greenhouse operation and production of Wheatgrass and MicroGreens sold on a wholesale level to Health Food retail locations. This is a fast paced manual labor operation with weekly harvests.  Each week, the manual process begins of soaking seeds, sowing and processing.  This will require shoveling of soil, carrying trays/cleaning, planting, soaking seeds, cleaning and maintaining processing rooms and greenhouse, harvesting and prepping product for delivery.

 The Second Internship opportunity is to learn and participate in a wholesale nursery of edible plants.  This position requires heavy lifting, shoveling, planting, weeding, possibly construction of new shadehouses, maintaining existing shadehouses, prepping plants for deliveries. 

 The Third Internship opportunity is to learn field growing of specialty peppers.  This position requires planting, harvesting, prepping peppers for shipping.  The peppers grown are extremely hot and the intern would be required to wear protective clothing in the harvesting and processing of the peppers.

 The Fourth Internship opportunity is to work hands on in animal husbandry.   We have many hands on opportunities with this from small ruminants, poultry, game birds, swine, and rabbits.  This would include full caretaking of animals including but not limited to cleaning pens, mending fences, feeding, etc.

 Tools used include shovels, hoes, shears, and knives, hammers, saws etc.

Anyone allergic to animals or wheat or peppers or other produce should not apply.  Must be willing and able to do physical labor as this is a manual farm.

**PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE UNPAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES**

If interested in any of the above opportunities please contact:

Jennifer Blank @ 954-648-5599

Please state which opportunity you are interested in when calling.  Thank you!

CALS Honors Requirements

CALS Honors Thesis

For requirements and information

http://cals.ufl.edu/current_students/requirements.shtml

Q: What is an Honors thesis?

A: A written report of a creative, scholarly project dealing with teaching, research, or outreach. It has clear objectives and conclusions and involves original, independent work of the student. It is NOT a book report or literature review of a topic, an opinion paper on why something is good or bad, or a paper that lacks novel and critical analysis.
              

Q: What are the deadlines for thesis proposals and submitting a final thesis?
                       
A. If you are graduating Spring 2013:

• Proposal is due to CALS Honors Director by Friday September 28, 2012
• Thesis due to CALS Honors Director by Friday April 12, 2013

Q: How long is a typical CALS thesis?

A: There is no length requirement; typically theses are 10-50 pages double spaced, not counting figures, tables, literature cited, and appendices. The focus is quality, not quantity.


Q: Should I do an honors thesis?

A: Yes, if you:

• meet the Honors Admission and Graduation requirements for the CALS Honors Program
• wish to graduate from UF with magna or summa cum laude Latin Honors
• like to work one-on-one with distinguished faculty
• can devote up to several hours per week to your project
• are self-motivated and manage time effectively
• wish to enhance your qualifications for graduate or professional school admission

Grower position available

A  hydroponic farm, located in Fort Lauderdale which grow herbs, lettuces and tomatoes is seeking to fill a Grower position. This is "hands-on" work with the full responsibility for growing and packing produce, maintaining the greenhouses and water treatment (R.O.) plant and supervising a team of 10 people.

Requires an intelligent and hardworking individual with leadership skills. This is not a "lab coat" environment. Most of the workday will be spent doing manual labor and working in greenhouses that are quite hot during the summer. The drive to produce the maximum amount of the best looking product is imperative. So is a personality that is always looking for a better, more effective way of doing things and collaborating with other growers around the world to combat insect, fungal and other problems facing all of us.

Initial pay will be around $30,000, based on experience, with a lot of upside based on performance.

Interested applicants can contact Jim Dezell at HerbManOne@aol.com.

StayFitinCollege announces Scholarships

StayFitInCollege.org, which promotes fitness in college, has just announced scholarship awards for the 2012/2013 academic year. There is no purchase necessary to apply for the scholarship. The scholarship award aims to help students avoid the dreaded freshman 15. Any student that attends a university, community college, or even a technical/trade college may apply for the scholarship award.

Prospective student applicants should contact their school’s scholarship office and request an application or simply visit http://www.stayfitincollege.org/scholarship-awards.html to be considered.

Gator Launch Mentoring Program

Gator Launch is a mentoring and education program for underrepresented second- and third-year UF students (including transfer students) in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to network with a mentor in one of the STEM fields as well as to participate in career development activities. The term underrepresented includes gender, economic status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and any other identities that are not well-represented in STEM fields.

The activities—aimed at enhancing students’ professional skills—include:

• Participating in monthly professional development seminars


• Meeting with your career mentor on a regular basis


• Job shadowing a mentor in your career field of interest


• Working on an innovation project related to your professional interests

The focus of this program is on research and industry fields and therefore the Career Resource Center is unable to provide mentors in most health professions. The deadline to apply for the 2012-2013 year is June 8. After this date, students will still be able to sign up on a rolling basis.  You can find more information and access the application here: http://www.crc.ufl.edu/students/studentGatorLaunch.html.

Software Development - Mindtree

MindTree Ltd. has selected Gainesville as the site for its United States expansion, bringing 400 new jobs over the next five years.  MindTree is a global IT and Product Engineering Services Company with deep knowledge in specific domains. MindTree is acknowledged as the best mid-size software services company out of India for its capability to build, test and deploy solutions as much as emphasis on culture, customer centricity and corporate governance.

The CRC has just become aware that MindTree's Gainesville operation is currently recruiting UF grads interested in software development.

MindTree is seeking candidates with an interest and aptitude (major, minor, or experience) in programming and will provide training and development to the right candidates.

Responsibilities include:

 - Gather business requirements

 - Develop software specifications

 - Design modules and programs

 - Program in a chosen language as per specifications

 - Perform unit testing

 - Create documentation

 - Adhere to quality guidelines and timelines

For further information about these positions:

                - Log into Gator CareerLink at www.crc.ufl.edu

                - Click on "My Jobs" and select  "Gator CareerLink Job Database"

                - Type in 738257  in the Keyword Search

                - Click on the job title for further information

Follow the instructions to apply through employflorida.com.

If you should have any questions, CALL us at 352-392-1601, VISIT us on the 1st floor of the Reitz Union or CLICK to www.crc.ufl.edu. Good luck with your job search!

BP Job Opportunities

BP Biofuels North America has two open agricultural engineer positions.  Both positions would likely be stationed in Houston, Texas and the announcements can be found on the BP website at www.bp.com (click on the Careers tab). 


There are also two open farm manager positions that may fit an AOM graduate. 


BP has a detailed job opportunity section at their website.