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Pasture, Porch Talks & Purdue Pride

Name: Isaiah Eisert

Hometown: Goshen, Indiana

Major & concentration: Applied Agricultural Economics; Farm Management and Animal Science Minor; Applications in Data Science Certificate

Why did you come to Purdue: I found my passion for dairy and agriculture at a job in high school and had the opportunity to attend one of the best Ag Econ programs in the country at a great price; the choice made itself.

Favorite Purdue tradition: Beating IU

Isaiah at the Grand Prix

Top three influences at Purdue:

  1. Incredible professors with lots of knowledge and experience
  2. External Experiences - internships, conferences and Dairy Challenge
  3. The whole Cooperative Living system
Top five memories of your time at Purdue: 
  1. Late nights on the porch at Chauncey, enjoying the weather with some of my best friends
  2. Late nights and early mornings at the Purdue Dairy, getting cows ready for events
  3. Handing out the milk to the winner of the 68th Grand Prix Race
  4. Celebrating making it to the National Championship Game
  5. Studying abroad in Ireland

Places you have been as a Purdue student: 

  • Ireland for Spring Break Study Abroad
  • Gainesville, FL and Brookings, SD, for Dairy Challenge competitions
  • Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa during my internship at Merck Animal Health
  • California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho during my internship with Genex Cooperative
  • Baltimore, Maryland, for a dairy judging practice

Isaiah with cows

Favorite club/organization: Purdue Dairy Club

Favorite student-led event/initiative: Ag Week/Milk Monday

Favorite Purdue event: Grand Prix Week

Favorite place to study: The second floor of Creighton

Favorite thing about CoA: Everyone is probably your friend or a simple conversation away from becoming one

Favorite class: ANSC 485, Dr. Boerman

Favorite professor: Dr. Roman Keeney

Class you are excited to take your senior year: AGEC 411

Isaiah at the Mook Dairy

Three biggest accomplishments at Purdue: 

  1. Becoming President of Chauncey Cooperative
  2. Making Dean’s List every semester
  3. Serving as a Dairy Club officer for three years and helping revitalize the club in that time

Something about you that is not listed on your resume: Thanks to my time spent working around dairies, I have developed a decent proficiency in Spanish, despite never taking a formal Spanish class.

Future plans: Work from a herd manager role up to hopefully managing and buying a partnership in a large commercial dairy operation.

Isaiah in Scotland

Advice for underclassmen: Work hard and say yes. College is an experience that is up to you, so it would be money best spent if you got involved and developed knowledge, experience and your network. There are endless opportunities to do so on this campus, including taking internships. 

The biggest takeaway from Purdue: You need to enjoy life’s moments and the people around you. You won’t always be amid them, so it is best you make those memories and hold onto them so you can cherish them later. This also means you need to push yourself in order to find yourself in memorable situations.