Agronomy Ambassador Blog

Professors, advisors, and group leaders are always finding older students to give advice to prospective or incoming students. Most of the time the advice is about time management, maneuvering around campus life, making connections with the professors, how to take notes or how to study for classes. Some of my favorite advice stems from how…

During the blizzard of 2022, I endured a hardship I thought I’d never have to face. Being snowed in with nothing to do warrants a great day of homework and Netflix. However, with no wifi, life can turn challenging very quickly. Last week during the snow storm, my apartment lost internet connection. I live near…

  Having spent almost 4 semesters playing in the Purdue Orchestras, I would highly recommend being involved in an ensemble here at Purdue if possible. It’s a great way to destress and make music with other students, as well as challenge yourself with something outside of your typical coursework. If you enjoy listening to music…

There are so many opportunities that students have access to here in the Agronomy Department, which is one of my favorite things about this department!  One of my recent adventures was being a member of the Forage Bowl Team! Myself and three other undergraduate students were given the opportunity to be a member of the…

When I decided I wanted to go to grad school I thought the process of getting into grad school would be quite simple, but I found it to be quite daunting. In reality, there isn’t much information that is very clear. I am going to share what I wish I knew about the process of…

When most people decide to attend college in our current era, they tend to visualize the journey in a 4-year window. Some decide to go farther in their studies than 4 years and some go shorter, it is all in the eye of the beholder. In my case I decided to go a full 4…

Attending a rural high school, snow days were almost a guarantee at least a couple times through the winter. We would cancel for wind chill, large amounts of snow, or icy roads. A couple years, it was even for 3+ days in a row. However, when you get to college, snow days aren’t a common…

I’ll say it again, I cannot believe this is my last semester on campus! I wanted to give a follow up on my last post about my favorite agronomy classes, and list some of my favorite non-agronomy classes. So, here we go! My favorite non-agronomy classes include Horticulture 270 (Hort 270), Agricultural Economics 321 (Agec…

At the beginning of January, I had the awesome opportunity to attend the American Forage and Grassland Council Conference in Wichita, Kansas. I was able to travel to Kanas with my teammates Jessica and Emily, with our coach Dr. Keith Johnson. While in Kansas, we competed in the Forage Bowl Competition. The Forage Bowl is…