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Internship Story

  • Emma Alstott

    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.

  • Addie Randall

    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

  • Drew Staudt

    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 

  • Jessica Woodall

    Name: Jessica Woodall

    Major: Agricultural Business

    Year: Sophomore 

    Hometown/State: Kamrar, IA

    Company/Organization: Cargill

    Title: Grain Operations Management Intern

    Location: Tipton, IN

  • Gracie Greiner

    Name: Gracie Greiner

    Major: Animal Science

    Year: Senior

    Hometown/State: Washington, Iowa

    Company/Organization: Zoetis

    Title: Pork Sales Intern, Summer 2022

    Location: Ames, Iowa

    Describe your internship responsibilities:
    We were assigned a project over ileitis surveillance, our responsibilities were:

  • Nathan Behrends

    Name: Nathan Behrends

    Major: Agricultural Studies

    Year: Senior

    Hometown/State: Wiota, Iowa

    Company/Organization: John Deere

    Title: Large Tractor Marketing Intern, Summer 2022

    Location: Waterloo, IA

  • Kelsey Henderson

    Name: Kelsey Henderson

    Major: Agricultural Business

    Year: Sophomore

    Hometown/State: Kenosha, WI

    Company/Organization: CNH Industrial

    Title: Marketing Communications Intern (Summer 2021)

    Location: Racine, WI (Virtual Intern)

  • Jake Sterle

    Name:  Jake Sterle
    Major:  MBA Supply Chain Mgmt., Animal Science, & International Ag.
    Year:  5th Year
    Hometown/State:  Roland, IA
    Company/Organization: National Pork Board
    Title:  International Marketing Intern
    Location:  Clive, IA

    Describe your internship responsibilities:

  • Kara Gregory

    Name: Kara Jeffrey
    Major: Animal Ecology with focus in Pre-veterinary & Animal Care/Fisheries & Aquatic Science
    Year: Junior
    Hometown/State: Fairfield, Iowa
    Company/Organization: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
    Title: Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Intern (Summer 2021)
    Location: Sarasota, Florida

  • James Chism

    Name: James Chism
    Major: Agricultural Business, Pre-Law
    Year: Sophomore
    Hometown/State: Huxley, IA
    Company/Organization: Corteva Agriscience
    Title: Crop Protection Marketing Intern
    Location: Johnston, IA

  • Lauren Rosburg

    Name: Lauren Rosburg
    Major: Animal Science and Agriculture and Life Sciences Education - Communication
    Year: Senior
    Hometown/State: Ames, IA
    Company/Organization: Smithfield Foods
    Title: Food Service Marketing Intern
    Location: Smithfield, VA

    Describe your internship responsibilities:

  • Adam Schonert

    Name:  Adam Schonert
    Major:  Food Science
    Year:  Junior
    Hometown/State: Algona, IA
    Company/Organization:  Newly Weds Foods
    Title:  Bakery R&D Intern
    Location: Chicago, IL

  • Rachel Grober

    Name: Rachel Grober
    Major: Agricultural Business
    Year: Sophomore
    Hometown/State: New Hampton, IA
    Company/Organization: First Citizens Bank
    Title: Retail Intern
    Location: New Hampton, IA

  • Jack Myers

    Name: Jack S. Myers
    Major: Dairy Science and International Agriculture
    Year: Senior
    Hometown/State: Fowler, Michigan
    Company/Organization: Agropur, U.S Operations
    Title: Operations Intern
    Location: Weyauwega and Luxemburg, Wisconsin.

  • Luke Goodman

    Name: Luke Goodman
    Major: Animal Ecology | Environmental Studies
    Year: Senior
    Hometown/State: Montezuma, IA
    Company/Organization: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Title: Undergraduate Research Assistant
    Location: Lafayette, Louisiana

  • Erin Chalupa

    Name: Erin Chalupa 
    Major: Agriculture Communications and Animal Science
    Year: Freshman summer (going on sophomore)
    Hometown/State: Keota, IA
    Company/Organization: Crop Production Services (now Nutrien Ag Solutions)
    Title: Crop Scouting Intern
    Location: Keswick, IA

  • Alyssa Dougherty

    Name: Alyssa Dougherty
    Major: Dietetics & Global Resource Systems
    Year: Junior
    Hometown/State: Epworth, IA
    Company/Organization: Land O’Lakes
    Title: Global Food Challenge Emerging Leader for Food Security
    Location: Arden Hills, Minnesota with travels to Washington D.C., Indiana, and Africa

  • Hannah Corey

    Name: Hannah Corey
    Major: Agronomy (minor Entrepreneurial Studies)
    Year: Senior
    Hometown/State: Lake City, IA
    Company/Organization: Anheuser-Busch
    Title: Agronomy Intern
    Location: Idaho Falls, ID

  • Lauren Sendelbach

    Name: Lauren Sendelbach
    Major: Agricultural Business & Economics
    Year: Senior
    Hometown/State: Henry, Illinois
    Company/Organization: Kramp Group
    Title: Distribution Intern
    Location: Varsseveld, Netherlands

  • Jared Diehl

    Name: Jared Diehl
    Major: Culinary Food Science
    Year: 2018
    Hometown: Dayton, VA
    Company/Organization: Johnsonville Sausage
    Location: Sheboygan, WI