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Student Newsletter: December 25th, 2023

Welcome to Week 19!

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CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS

  1. The “2024 Connections Corner: Student/DVM Luncheon” which will be held on Friday, February 23, 2024 in conjunction with the Midwest Veterinary Conference (MVC)!

  2. The Department of Animal Science is seeking feedback from students, faculty and staff regarding the current website. This feedback will help shape information and resources shared on the website in the future, and the survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

INTERNSHIP & PART-TIME ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. As cardiovascular researchers, one of our most essential responsibilities is to function as mentors and offer opportunities to inspire impactful careers regardless of race, ancestry, sex, gender, or socioeconomic background.

  2. Parker Dairy Ice Cream is looking to build of team of students to assist with ice cream production. Duties include:

    -label printing

    -labeling cups

    -being point-of-sale during events

    -production (4-8 hour blocks of time, depending on the production schedule)

  3. The USDA-funded Rainfed Agriculture Innovation Network (RAIN) project will host a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in the summer of 2023; the program dates are May 28 to Aug 2, 2024.

  4. Purina Animal Nutrition is looking for a Summer 2024 Intern to work at the equine research unit in Gray Summit, MO.

  5. The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) is delighted to invite applications for the 2024 Summer Internship Program. This opportunity provided for dairy or animal science students will include learning and using research techniques to analyze dairy cattle genetics and management data.

  6. Do you have Animal Science/ Pre-vet/ Environmental Science/ Psychology/Education/ students graduating in December that need an immersive internship? Green Chimney's have a unique internship from January to August which includes free room and board and a small stipend located in Brewster, NY.

  7. Columbus Humane is looking for up to three interns to participate in their Behavior and Enrichment Internship Program!  Animal sheltering is such a unique experience, and interns are able to gain so much understanding into canine body language, the importance of enrichment for all animals,

  8. Are you a MS student interested in nutrition research? Dr.

  9. For two years Texas Tech University has administered the National Bio- and Agri-defense Facility (NBAF) training program through support from USDA-APHIS. The objective of the program is to train undergraduate students in laboratory techniques and animal handling.

  10. Phibro Animal Health is looking for candidates for their summer undergraduate internship program, specifically dairy-interested students! Find more information here.

  11. Spy Coast Farm’s Equine Education Center is offering undergraduate internship opprotunities!

  12. Indiana Packers is looking for full-time Management Trainee and QA Summer intern candidates! Postings can be found here:

    Management Trainee – Operations Delphi, IN

  13. GENEX Cooperative is offering several internship opportunities for the summer of 2024! 

    Dairy Sales Internship application found here.

  14. Edelweiss Farms has 2 internships available! See below for details.

    Summer Crop Internship

  15. The Equine Reproduction Labratory at Colorado State University has new openings for 5 internship positions beginning on Janurary 8th through July 31st. More information can be found here

  16. Elanco Animal Health Incorporation has just released new internship positions for summer of 2024! Here are some different positions listed below along with their application portals:

FULL-TIME JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. Jefferson County is seeking a motivated, forward-thinking leader for the position of Fairgrounds Complex Manager OR Senior Fairgrounds Complex Manager.

  2. Sims Farms is searcing for a herd manager to manage a show cattle and breeding stock herd located near Marion, Ohio. Find more information here.

  3. The Indiana Beef Cattle Association is searching for a Communications, Operations and Membership Manager to join the staff. 

  4. ST is excited to have two new fulltime position opportunities and hopes to recruit some top talent to join the team at STgenetics as they launch an exciting new platform for animal health monitoring and dairy management.

  5. The Calf Milk Research unit at Land O'Lakes just opened a position for an assistant manager! Applicants should have calf and data handling experience to apply.

  6. There is an opening for a assistant manager position in the meat lab. Here is the link to apply if interested! 

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

  1. Kansas State is offering a graduate research assistantship position starting spring 2024! More information can be found here.

LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

  1. The Ohio Pork Council is excited to announce a new opportunity for college students in Ohio studying agriculture – the Ohio Pork Collegiate Leaders Program. 

  2. Are you interested in research or graduate school? If so, attend the CFAES Undergraduate Honors and Research Distinction Mixer on Friday, Janurary 19th! Breakfast will be provided.

HELPFUL RESOURCES

  1. All OSU Counseling and Consultation Services (CCS) staff were sent home to tele-commute until further notice.The CCS phone line 614-292-5766 remains available for emergency assistance 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

  2. Did you know that CFAES has hired a counselor to support the needs of their students' mental health?  Dr.

  3. The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences has renewed its partnership with Portfolium.com and will continue to provide ALL students and faculty the opportunity to

  4. The Career Services page on the departmental site has been redeveloped to hopefully make it more user-friendly. Check out helpful resources for building a resume, writing cover letters and more. There are resume templates that can be used to create a resume in case you don’t know where to start

  5. Emergency: Dial 911
    University Police: 614-292-2121
    Student Advocacy Center: 614-292-1111
    Student Judicial Affairs: 614-292-0748