Name:  Marley Longenecker

Hometown:  Eldridge, IA

Major and Graduation Date: Microbiology, Spring, 2023

Favorite ISU Class: Medical Microbiology or Mycology (hard to choose!)

Job Title and Company/Organization/School:  Science Account Representative/Manager at Novogene - NGS Services

Major Job/Position Responsibilities:  I consult lab members working on different research projects and help them with deciding the best service to get them the best results, visiting their labs sometimes to see their work up-close

Name:  Victoria Bonilla

Hometown:  Quad Cities, IL

Major and Graduation Date:  Industrial Technology, Fall 2022

Favorite ISU Class:  TSM 210 - Fundamentals of Technology stood out as my favorite class. Dr. Brumm, whose teaching style perfectly aligns with my learning preferences, was one of my most esteemed professors.

Job Title and Company/Organization/School: Technical Engineer/Project Manager, Proctor & Gamble Beauty Care site, Iowa City, IA

Name: Alex Bray

Major: Microbiology

Year: Senior

Hometown/State: West Des Moines, Iowa

Company/Organization: Corteva Agriscience

Title: Biotechnology Intern

Location: Johnston, Iowa

Describe your internship responsibilities:
During this internship I was based in the Corteva’s Transgene Expression & Vector Engineering group. My primary focus was contributing to a project surveying for potential genetic components to be incorporated into future transgenic corn and soybean varieties. I was also involved in the evaluation of other experimental transgenic crops in order to optimize their trait expression.

Name: Belinda Brain 

Hometown: Muscatine, IA

Major and Graduation Date: Horticulture, Spring 2024 

Favorite ISU Class: There were so many good ones! But, since I can’t write down my entire class list, I will say my top ones were Hort 330 with Dr. Haynes, Plant Pathology with Dr. Peters, Bio 355 with Dr. Wallace, and Agron 206 with Dr. Hornbuckle. 

Job Title and Company/Organization/School: Outreach Coordinator; Quad City Botanical Center

Name:  Andrew Ernat 

Hometown:  Hamilton, MO

Majors and Graduation Date:  Horticulture, Global Resource Systems, Summer 2022

Favorite ISU classes:  I thoroughly enjoyed my discussion-based GRS courses (GLOBE 211) to explore opinions and perspectives from our diverse cohorts. The most fun course had to be hydroponic crop production with Dr. Currey (HORT 331), and how could I forget the Dean's Global Food and Agriculture Program (GLOBE 495/497) which culminated with a month in Rome, Italy.

Job Title & Company/Organization/School:  Senior Research Plot Technician; University of Minnesota, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

Name:  Marjorie Hanneman

Hometown:   Milwaukee, WI

Majors and Graduation Date:  Agronomy and Genetics, May 2021

Favorite ISU classes:  AGRON 281 Crop Physiology with Dr. Heaton, GEN 410 Analytical Genetics with Dr. Peterson, and AGRON 496A Crops and Soils of Costa Rica with Dr. Burras

Job Title & Company/Organization/School:  PhD Candidate, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University

Name: Catarina Bittencourt 

Major: Genetics 

Year: Senior 

Hometown/State/Country: Aracaju, Brazil 

Company/Organization: Recombinetics 

Title: R&D intern

Location: Eagan, MN

Name:  Emma Kerns

Hometown:  Edgewood, IA

Major and Graduation Date:  Forestry, Spring 2021

Favorite ISU class: My favorite class wasn’t one class but the Forestry 200 series. It was an entire semester of forestry-specific classes which included spending three weeks in Montana at Forestry Camp. It was a great experience, and it was wonderful to really dive into the world of forestry! I also have to give an honorable mention to Wood Properties and Identification with Dr. Doug Stokke. 

Job Title & Company/Organization:  ISU Extension & Outreach, Northeast Iowa Forestry Field Specialist

Name:  Kayla Stott

Hometown: Tomah, WI

Major and Graduation Date:  Food Science, May 2021

Favorite ISU class: Food Chemistry with Dr. Boylston

Job Title & Company/Organization:  Operations Process Analyst at Cargill 

Name:  Laura Monson

Hometown:  Waterloo, IA 

Major and Graduation Date: Environmental Science; Minor in Sustainability, May 2022

Favorite ISU class:  There are so many!  I really encourage you to look at the full list of classes when making your schedule!  Some of my favorites were Oceanography with Dr. Wanamaker (ENV S 108), Environmental Geography with Dr. Burras (ENSCI 250), World Food Issues with Dr. Andrews (ENV S 342), Environmentalism in Music with Dr. Stewart (NREM 305), Surficial Processes Dr.Iverson (ENSCI 479)

Job Title & Company/Organization:  County Education Coordinator for East and West Pottawattamie Soil and Water Conservation District

Name: Emma Alstott

Major: Global Resource Systems and Horticulture

Year: Internship after sophomore year

Hometown/State: Fort Dodge, Iowa

Company/Organization: Iowa State University EARTH Program

Title: Undergraduate Research Assistant

Location: St. John, United States Virgin Islands

Describe your internship responsibilities:
I worked to help manage a set of 20 different native plant species, plant a variety of red, black, and white mangroves, and conduct a survey and corresponding literature review of insect pests damaging local fruit and vegetable production.

Name: Belinda Hoffman

Hometown:  West Liberty, Iowa

Major(s) and Graduation Date:  Dietetics and Global Resource Systems, May 2022 

Favorite ISU class: There are too many to count! I really enjoyed most of my classes at Iowa State and had phenomenal professors. A few favorites are:

--All GLOBE classes with GRS faculty
--HSPM 391 & 392 Foodservice Management 1 and 2
--FSHN 460 Global Nutrition with Dr. Winham
--SOC 325 Transitions in Agriculture with Dr. Bain

Job Title & Company:  Food and Nutrition Educator for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach – Story County

Name:  Jessica Schmitt

Hometown:  Fort Atkinson, Iowa

Major(s) and Graduation Date:  Dairy Science, Agricultural Communication and International Agriculture - May 2022

Favorite ISU class:  My favorite class at Iowa State was Animal Science 337: Lactation with Dr. Timms. The course was super informative and eye-opening as we learned about the root of all dairy products and the different factors that impact milk production.  We also explored the lactation of various mammalian species, so now I hold a lot of fun facts. 

Job Title & Company:  Integrated Communications Coordinator at Dairy West

Name: Addison Randall

Major: Animal Science and Agricultural Communication

Year: Senior

Hometown/State: Letts, IA

Company/Organization: Elanco Animal Health

Title: Farm Animal Sales Intern - Swine

Location: Ames, IA – traveling across Iowa and into Minnesota and Nebraska

Name: Natalie McMillan 

Hometown: Aurora, Iowa

Major and Graduation Date:  Culinary Food Science, May 2021

Favorite ISU Class:  FSHN 214 Scientific Study of Food

Job Title & Company:  Foodservice Territory Manager, Hormel Foods 

Name: Claire Campbell Kettle 

Hometown: DeWitt, Iowa 

Major and Graduation Date: Biology, May 2020 

Favorite ISU Class: My favorite course at Iowa State University was PHIL 331:  Moral Problems in Medicine with Dr. Kupfer.  This course challenged the way I view everyday issues, helped me develop a system to make difficult decisions, and taught me the importance in diversity of thought. 

Job Title & Company: Dental Student at University of Iowa, College of Dentistry (Class of 2025) 

Name:  Nichole Wilson

Hometown:  Janesville, WI

Major and Graduation Date:  Animal Science, May 2018; currently pursuing MBA at LSU.

Favorite ISU class:  ANS 352 Genetics - I loved Dr. Bundy and I use this class in my career.  I also loved my study abroad with Dr. Sterle studying heritage livestock breeds in the UK. These two courses are key in my memories of ISU.

Job Title & Company:  Key Account Manager, PIC.  I'm based out of Ankeny, IA

Name: Chase Olsen

Hometown: North Sioux City, SD

Major and Graduation Date: Animal Ecology, May 2022

Favorite ISU Class: Either HON 324A: Romance Novels as Tools for Justice or BIOL 456: Principles of Mycology, but honestly I enjoyed almost every course I took at ISU!

Job Title & Company: Student Services Specialist, NREM Department, Iowa State University

Name: Anne Dinges. 

Hometown: Byron, IL but I’ve lived in Des Moines, IA for the last 4 years.

Major and Graduation Date:  Agronomy and Global Resource Systems, May 2019

Favorite ISU Class: Mary Wiedenhoft’s agroecosystems field course. We spent a week in northwest Iowa visiting a diverse set of farms and thinking critically about the intersection of farm business and stewardship. 

Job Title & Company:  Global Regenerative Agriculture Manager, Griffith Foods

Name: Drew Staudt

Majors: Agricultural Business and International Agriculture

Year: Junior

Hometown/State: Charles City, Iowa

Company/Organization: JCB North America 

Title: Inside Sales Intern

Location: Savannah, Georgia