Nina Coolidge and Nicole Guise have been selected and awarded a scholarship to attend the virtual Ag Future of America (AFA) Leaders Conference during November 11-14, 2020. "This program bridges the gap between academic, leadership, and work experiences while helping students understand the impact of their decisions." This year the opportunities include a 1:1 Professional and Peer Networking Session, Virtual Opportunity Fair, Personalized Curriculum, and On-Demand Sessions. These include Plant/Cell Based Meat, Impact of the Election on Food and Agriculture, and Sustainability and Conservation. Both of these students have filled out an application and submitted resumes including internships, club involvement, and references to be selected for this award. We are proud to have them both as Agricultural & Extension Education students at Penn State!
The first recipient is Nina Coolidge a freshman at the University Park campus. She shares how she found the AFA conference, "I found out about this opportunity through Collegiate Cattlewomen’s Club here at Penn State. I attended a meeting where the AFA Conference was brought up and it sounded like a good opportunity." Nina plans to use this opportunity to better prepare her for her future in Agriculture Education. "Overall, I hope to gain a better knowledge of the agricultural industry, so I can take my knowledge into my own classroom once I become an agricultural educator. I would love to gain connections with agricultural industry partners that may possibly lead to future internships." Nina is excited to connect with other students from across the country and enhance her agriculture knowledge. During the conference she also hopes to gain lasting connections with industry partners. As a freshman, this is a great accomplishment and we look forward to hearing how the experience goes for Nina.
Nicole Guise has also been accepted to participate in this conference. Nicole is a senior majoring in Agricultural and Extension Education. She learned about the opportunity to attend this conference through a friend who graduated from Penn State last year, and was very involved in AFA and highly recommended it to her. She is hoping to gain content knowledge in areas where she is unfamiliar with and heading into student teaching she has some topics she would like to brush up on. Nicole shares "Hopefully, some new and creative ideas will come out of the information presented and I can incorporate it into my lesson and unit planning. " Although the conference is being held virtually this year, Nicole has been grateful of this so that she can still attend during a busy and important semester and not have to travel and take time away from classes. Nicole is most excited to meet students from other states across the country. She is looking forward to connecting with professional organizations at the opportunity fair as well. "NAAE will also be at the opportunity fair so I am excited to meet with people from the profession to learn more about how to leverage this experience in my student teaching and teaching career." With many things going on this semester, Nicole continues to find opportunities that push her to become a better leader.
Both of these ladies have excelled in taking opportunities available in the College of Agriculture Sciences at Penn State to better themselves. They have bright futures a head of them and we are happy to have this opportunity awarded to students in our major. Congratulations again on being selected to attend the AFA Leaders Conference, we hope you have a great experience!
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