- The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association will sponsor the College Student Career Program at the 2008 International Poultry Expo and International Feed Expo in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from Jan. 23-25. The College Student Career Program provides a mutually beneficial experience for students and industry recruiters. The program gives employers the opportunity to interview qualified college students for employment or internship openings in one location over a three-day period. This program allows students to experience the largest annual gathering of poultry people, technology, and services. It affords them the opportunity, through exhibits and educational programs, to get the tools they need to successfully transition from academics to industry. The students eligible to participate are seniors or graduate students from a four-year program with various majors. Underclassmen seeking internships are also eligible to interview.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Angus Association held a signing ceremony this week to mark the awarding of a cooperative agreement to provide educational outreach and register premises as part of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Bruce Knight and President of the American Angus Association Jot Hartley signed the agreement Wednesday at the American Angus Association in St. Joseph, Mo.
- The 5th annual National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy, held recently at DuPont Chesapeake Farms in Chestertown, Md., was sponsored by DuPont and supported by Lab-Aids as a special project of the national Future Farmers of America (FFA) Foundation. The Academy is a professional development program where agriculture teachers learn new inquiry-based teaching techniques to improve science learning which is reflected by improved performance in standardized science test scores of the students. Some 26 specially selected agricscience teachers from 21 states – including Alaska and Puerto Rico – learned how to further incorporate science into their existing curriculums and make learning fun and challenging for their students. Biofuels, alternative energy sources, water as a resource and toxicology issues were reviewed during the week-long session. Field trips to the DuPont Stine Haskell Laboratory, the Delaware Biotechnology Institute in Newark, Del., and bioresearch tours at the DuPont Experimental Station were included in the training.
