Student Stories Stories
My Purdue View
Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
I grew up in Singapore, a city-state in Southeast Asia. My parents are from India, and visiting my grandparents who lived on small farms first sparked my interest in farming. An environmental science teacher at the high school I attended in Pennsylvania helped deepen that interest and I began considering studying agriculture.
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My Purdue View
Friday, May 31st, 2019
In high school, I kept coming back to the question, “What can I do that will improve lives in a meaningful way?” The answer, for me, seemed to lie in food — everyone has to eat. I visited Purdue, where I found out about the Molecular Agriculture Summer Institute and the World Food Prize Youth Institute, which I attended while in high school. That was the first time I met other students with passions similar to mine.
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My Purdue View
Friday, December 14th, 2018
Chelsea Maupin Major Sustainable food and farming systems, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Hometown Kokomo, Indiana I grew up gardening and have always loved state parks and environmental sciences. Testing water quality in the Wildcat Creek during the watersheds unit in eighth grade science was one of my favorite field trips. I found out…
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Student Close-Up: When a Golfer Studies the Green
Friday, April 27th, 2018
A Purdue golfer studying turf management and science must have an advantage on the course, right? Senior Marta Martin isn’t so sure. “I don’t think knowing how a plant grows or how they take care of it is going to help you,” she says, explaining that she learned how to read the grain of the…
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My Purdue View
Friday, April 27th, 2018
Brandon Allen PhD Program Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication Hometown Portsmouth, Virginia I worked for the USDA for about two years. I was asked to be the keynote speaker for Kentucky State’s Ag Discovery program in 2015. It helps non-traditional students like underrepresented minorities and women get exposure to agriculture. But the audience represented the…
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My Purdue View
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
Sabrina Myoda Major Sustainable food and farming systems, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Hometown Wilmington, Delaware What really drew me to Purdue was my major: sustainable food and farming systems. I wanted something with a sustainable focus and an international emphasis, and it is a great fit. Along with my studies, one of the…
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