Agronomy Ambassador Blog

Hello everyone, it is about that time of year where people are learning that they got accepted to Purdue. Like many of you I was very excited to learn that I had gotten accepted to Purdue. However, since I was coming from a smaller high school, there were only a few people from my class…

Hello all! As I have mentioned before, I am a senior (graduating in May!) in Agronomy: Crop and Soil Management. I have taken MANY classes during my time at Purdue, some bad and some really good. But there have been a few that have really stood out to me. There have been several classes that…

The career fair is known to many as a very important day, for not only jobs for seniors but also the younger students as it offers a chance to network and find internships during the summer. Because of the career fair, I found my first internship that completely transformed my agronomic knowledge in just a…

For all of those in coming freshmen, or even those second semester seniors, life can sometimes be scary. Whether it be moving away from home for the first time, or graduating from your home away from home, life is constantly changing. One thing that has always stayed the same for myself is the love for…

After choosing Purdue, there are a few major decisions you must make before beginning that first year. One of those big decisions for me was deciding on where to live during my time at Purdue. The obvious options are to live in the dorms, rent a house or apartment, or eventually join a fraternity or…

At last it is the last semester of my senior year here at Purdue. Although it seems as if it has been only yesterday that I was a freshman walking at 7:30 in the morning to MATH 158 taught by Timothy Delworth. It has actually been three and a half years. Those times have come…

This is the time of year where college decisions come out, and I know Purdue’s decisions were just let out this week! Here are some tips that helped me 3 years ago decide where I would want to spend my undergraduate years at. Academics- this is the whole reason we go to school! Look into…

“We’re not in West Lafayette anymore”.  When I first imagined myself as a student at Purdue University, I pictured, as many likely would, my days being spent studying by the fountains when the weather was warm and strolling around *never under* the bell tower. Never would I have imagined that through my time at Purdue…

When you become a freshman in the agronomy department at Purdue, you hear the words “ag career fair” and “internships” on a weekly basis. Coming into Purdue, I figured I would spend my summers in college at home and working on the farm. However, that was not exactly what happened.  In my freshmen seminar class,…