Internships

Purpose and Goals of Internships
Internships are valuable experiences and are strongly encouraged of our students as an extension of their in-class learning experiences. Internships

• provide an extension of in-school experiences;
• provide an opportunity for the student to use classroom theory in the practical realm of the workplace, thereby providing integration of theory and practice;
• inform the student of current practices within agriculture;
• help the student to better articulate their professional goals;
• help the student to improve their interpersonal skills as they seek out and obtain their internship;
• introduce the student to professionalism within the realm of the workplace;
• allow the student to model life-long learning before graduation.

Past Internships
While not an exhaustive list of all internships held by our students, the following links provide a broad perspective of the availability of unique and desirable experiences and out-of-class learning opportunities.

• Sarah Betsworth, Camp Foster, YMCA of the Okobojis, Spirit Lake, IA
• Luke Brass, United States Department of Agriculture, NRCS, Warren and Montgomery Counties, MO
• Jeff Cox, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, NM
• Jamie Dobbs, United States Department of Agriculture, NRCS, Henry County, MO
• Andrea Finzel, United States Department of Agriculture Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE
• Chelsea Gerrish, Collins Belah Valley, Woolthorpe Station, Agnes Banks Equine Clinic, and Burke Stud, Queensland and New South Wales, Australia
• Mike Guethle, Double "H" Hole in the Woods Camp for terminally and chronically ill children, Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York
• Sara Lile, United States Department of Agriculture, NRCS, Shelbyville, MO
• Teresa Pafford, Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanical Gardens
• Cary Rivard, North Carolina State University Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Goldsboro, NC
• Lindsay Scheitlin, Camp L-kee-ta, Girl Scouts of Danville, IA
• Kristin Sparbel, Camp Conestoga, Girl Scouts of the Mississippi Valley, Dixon, Iowa
• Alicia Taylor, Beaumont/Nagel Boy Scout Camp, High Ridge, MO
• David Trott, North Carolina State University Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Goldsboro, NC
• Christy Turner, St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO