2013-2014 Pork Industry Scholarship

The 2013-2014 Pork Industry Scholarship application period is now open!   All college juniors and seniors who plan to pursue a career in swine production management or a related field, or will be seeking to attend graduate school and major in a discipline with an emphasis on swine are invited to submit an application for one of the scholarships.   The scholarship application and guidelines are located on pork.org. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2013.  Please pass this information on to anyone that might be interested in applying.  For more information, please contact Chris Hostetler at chostetler@pork.org or 515-223-2606.

Helena Summer Internship Opportunity

Summer Agronomy Sales & Marketing Internship Program

Objectives

• Assist Branch in Driving Proprietary Chemistry Sales.
• Evaluate potential fulltime Sales and/or Operational employees.
• Establish Helena Chemical Company as the premier Agricultural Sales Intern program.
• Provide “Local” Proprietary research, sales aids, and ads for the local branch.
• Provide the intern a balance of Research, Marketing, and Sales Exposure.

Opportunities and Responsibilities

• Report directly to Branch Manager while at the Branch
• Develop sales skills and implement marketing strategies in both established and developing territories.
• Observe and learn organizational skills, including sales preparation and time management.
• Understand diverse production practices, product knowledge, and product placement.
• Evaluate, document, organized and present photos and data on Proprietary Chemistry plots.
• “Hands on” training with a minimum of 50+% of the time being spent in the field.
• Acquaint the intern with various areas of Helena, including: advertising, customer service, agronomy, research, agronomy services, distribution, and time in sales and marketing.
• Coordinate and organize “Summer Projects”
• Provide Year End Presentation of Proprietary Project to Leadership Team in a formal setting.
• Develop Sales tools, ads and aids for the local Branch and Division.
• Present product information and research to grower/dealer meetings and/or field days.
  
                                                       Qualifications
• Candidate must expect to graduate with a 2.5 or better Grade Point Average.
• Experience in the fertilizer, chemical and/or seed industry will merit strong consideration.
• An understanding of production agriculture is desired.
• Good verbal communication skills.
• Valid Drivers License.

Email Resumes to:   pagew@helenachemical.com

Douberly Melon Sales Internship

Douberly Melon Sales is seeking a young individual who would be interested in interning with our company for the summer or part of the summer. We grow, ship and broker watermelons. They would be helping with food safety, invoicing and billing out trucks and learning and participating in the ins and outs of the business.   

For more information contact:

Jodi Douberly

352-665-9933

2013 Summer Applied Biotechnology Research Experience

The University of California, Santa Barbara Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB) is a uniquely interdisciplinary research environment, with a mission of transforming biological inspiration into technological innovation. 

The ICB Summer Research Internship in Science and Engineering at UCSB brings science and engineering majors from across the U.S. to UCSB for a summer research experience. Interns are partnered with a mentor of similar interest, conduct research in our state-of-the-art laboratories, attend research seminars, receive training in career development skills, and participate in social activities.

http://www.icb.ucsb.edu/sabre/

Application deadline February 19, 2013
Award announcements will begin April 15, 2013

New PMMI Packaging Jobs Website

PMMI is pleased to announce a new online career center, PackPro Jobs. The career center will focus on connecting employers in the packaging industry with eligible, qualified candidates. We realize how hard it is for employers and qualified candidates to find each other in our industry. Our goal is that the new career center will help eliminate this problem. We encourage students to upload their resumes to the new site. www.pmmi.org/jobs Candidates can post their resumes anonymously, search through job postings and setup personal job alerts. 

ABE students have the unique opportunity to upload their resumes and be among the first candidates employers see. If you have any questions or need help, contact Beth Murray at PMMI – bmurray@pmmi.org.

 

Irrigation Internship Opportunity for Seniors

Rood Landscape and Treasure Coast Irrigation would like to offer an internship opportunity to students in the Horticulture and Agriculture Career track.    

They are recruiting throughout Florida Horticulture and Agricultural related college programs to find 3 Senior students who would be willing to participate in a 1 Week-Internship.  These seniors would then have the opportunity to be selected for a full time Summer Internship, Professional Internship and potential full-time employment. 

For more information please contact Mike Farrell Cell: 561-951-9107 Email: MFarrell@Roodlandscape.com

or Petra Crosier- Cell: 772-260-2164, Email: PCrosier@tcirrigation.com

Also, feel free to visit us at RoodLandscape.com and TCIrrigation.com

K-State Summer Research Program

Kansas State University is offering a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Sustainable BioEnergy at the Center For Sustainable Energy (CSE) 
http://sustainable-energy.ksu.edu/REU

May 28, 2013 - August 2, 2013

CSE-REU participants contribute to one of many collaborative, inter-disciplinary research projects relating to sustainable bioenergy pro-duction. Research spans all methods and aims to develop sustain-able solutions across the bioenergy supply chain, including:

• Agricultural Issues (agronomy, soil carbon sequestration, logistics, storage, etc.)
• Technical Issues (conversion of biomass to chemicals)
• Socioeconomic Issues (impact on communities, economic viability)

In the CSE—REU, participants will….

•  Produce an original research project with one or multiple faculty members in six different departments
• Be paired with a primary research mentor from an academic de-partment paired with your background and interest.
• Participate in field experiences where you’ll learn how biomass is processed;
• Receive training on designing experiments and reporting results;
• Participate in organized social events with other REU students, graduate students, and faculty members.

To be eligible, students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must be enrolled in an under-graduate program at a college or university through Fall 2013 (sorry, graduating seniors cannot be accepted).