The Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication at the University of Georgia is pleased to announce we are seeking qualified candidates for two master’s level assistantships.  These positions are in conjunction with the USDA Grant “Ambassadors for Conservation Education”  and will focus on environmental education. Preferred applicants will have excellent teaching and communication skills, and experience with video production.

See flyer for additional details.

Select Sires Inc., Plain City, Ohio, is seeking two college students for internships at its headquarters facility for summer 2010, beginning in May or early June. Complete position descriptions for the available internships are attached.

Students majoring in dairy science, animal science, or communications who are familiar with the dairy industry are preferred. Strong writing and computer skills are essential. While juniors or seniors will be given preference, sophomores will be considered. Applicants must submit cover letters and resumes with references no later than December 1, 2009.

Students may e-mail inquiries, cover letters and resumes to tsmith@selectsires.com. Questions may be directed to the above e-mail address, or to Terri Smith at Select Sires Inc., 11740 US Hwy 42N, Plain City, OH 43064, (614) 733-3440. Additional information regarding these internships also can be found on Select’s Web site at http://www.selectsires.com/internship_summer.aspx.

To view more about this scholarship, please click here.

Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., is now accepting applications for its second annual scholarship program that provides financial assistance to members of the National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT).  ACT is a national college student association with 354 members located on 17 college and university campuses across the country.  ACT’s mission of fostering professional development is at the core of the Yamaha-ACT Scholarship Program.

The Yamaha-ACT Scholarship Program is broken out into two individual student scholarships and one chapter scholarship.  All three scholarships are aimed at helping students attend the annual Agricultural Media Summit (AMS), a professional development and networking opportunity.

To view the entire press release, click here.

For the individual and chapter application, click here.

The Progressive Dairy Publishing has a great opportunity for future communicators to write for a bigger audience than just a classroom. We have a young woman from Ohio doing just that now http://proudtodairy.ning.com/profiles/blogs/member-feature-october-the and there are other ways that students can be involved. If there are other ACT members that want to blog on our website, please contact:
Ryan Curtis
Progressive Dairy Publishing
Assistant Editor
(800) 320-1424
(208) 948-5660
ryan@progressivedairy.com