Agronomy Ambassador Blog

Hi everyone! My name is Trey Mettler and I am a sophomore here at Purdue studying Agronomy with a concentration in crop and soil management. I hail from a small town about a hour North East of Purdue campus called Mexico, Indiana. Trying to stay active on campus was no problem for me and I…

Hey everyone! My name is Emma Spurgeon and I am a junior studying agronomy with a concentration in agribusiness and marketing with a minor in farm management. I am from Trafalgar, IN which as many of you know is home to the Indiana FFA Center. I jumped right in as a freshman and got involved…

Hello All!! I have finally made it to my senior year of college! It is crazy to look back and see how fast your college goes by, it seems like just yesterday I was sitting in my first college class ever on the first day of freshman year. I have had a lot of fun,…

As a Junior here at Purdue, I’ve taken my fair share of Agronomy Courses thus far. I have many more to go, but I think it’s safe to say I have a good grasp for what’s going on. This summer, I had the privilege of putting this knowledge to use. I interned with Co-Alliance Cooperative…

Summer break provides great opportunities to not only pursue internships but academics as well. Over the past two summers I have been able to take summer classes through Purdue and free up space in my schedule for more classes I want to take. Taking summer classes has been a great way to get prerequisite classes…

Academics and clubs are great, and in all reality they are the reason that we are here. However, there are plenty of other things to do around campus with the restrains of Covid-19 wearing off. I am an avid sports fan and love to spend my weekends and evenings attending every possible sporting even that…

As I am going through my last year here at Purdue, I am able to reflect on what worked, what didn’t, what I wished I did, and what I don’t think I would do again if I had the chance to start my career at Purdue over. My first piece of advice is live in…

As people are starting to talk about the career fair, it is important to know what it is and/why it is so important to go. The career fair is where a multitude of companies gather in one area where they give students an opportunity to talk to people from their company, typically in the hopes…

‘ I finally made it to my last summer before going into the “real world.” To me, it was a lot of pressure to find something that I was going to enjoy but also consider something that I may consider as a full-time job. As I was going to enter my last year at Purdue,…