Teaching Briefs
From the Final Exam Test your knowledge of food and food chemistry. John Coupland, professor of food science, provided a few questions faced by students in a junior-level class, Food Science 400.
Animal sciences major Emily Blade was working on a research paper about wolf-dog hybrids for class when she stumbled upon her dream internship working with wolves at the Wolf Education and Research Center in Idaho.
Every summer a select group of students in the college travels to central Mexico for four weeks of immersive Spanish, a language that’s a growing part of the agricultural industry.
When millions tune in to watch the Green Bay Packers play at home on Lambeau Field, they’ll be looking at turf maintained by fields chief Allen Johnson, graduate of the Advanced Certificate in Turfgrass Management.
Sarah Caldwell (’11 Ag BM, left) and Sarah Wickard (’11 AnSci) led students in organizing the third annual Ag Day event held near the Berkey Creamery.
Growing up on a small farm in Snyder County, Terri Woodling was no stranger to agriculture, but she never associated it with math and statistics. After two internships with the National Agricultural Statistics Service, she has a new appreciation for the calculations behind farming.
Every summer and fall students anywhere in the world have the opportunity to take AN SC 497B: Companion Animal Behavior online through World Campus. This online course is so popular that it always has a waiting list.
This fall students will have the chance to win $5,000 by competing in the Ag Business Springboard Competition—part of the college’s entrepreneurship initiative.
Amanda Miller, Environmental Resource Management major, spent last spring studying marine science in Australia.
Teaching and learning may begin in the classroom, but senior wildlife and fisheries science major Samantha Pedder is an example of how activity outside the classroom expands the college experience.
Students in Hort 201, Applied Arboriculture, found instructor Jim Savage had placed their midterm exam high in the big trees between the HUB and Atherton Hall--nothing like a little climbing practice before a big test!
Students and faculty will have access to experienced consultants, training opportunities, and digital production facilities in the new Digital Media Commons located in the Agricultural Science and Industries Building.
Melanie Torres gains valuable experience as a member of the Presidential Leadership Academy at Penn State. The academy comprises 30 students from nearly every one of the University’s academic colleges.
Two online programs are offered in community and economic development (CEDEV) for professionals seeking to expand their knowledge and skills, and for those interested in a new career in community and economic development.
Students begin gathering at 7:30 a.m. in The Arboretum at Penn State for an ornithology lab. The class, WFS 406, is part of the wildlife and fisheries science program.
Robert Cameron, Matthew Ryan, and Ezra Schwartzberg, graduate students in the College of Agricultural Sciences, have been honored with University-wide awards recognizing excellence in teaching, outreach, or research.
As science and practice constantly grow, the challenges undergraduate students face do as well. Where better to mark those challenges than in final exams?
Lisa Rankin demonstrates that valuable experience is waiting outside the classroom and beyond the borders.
Fred Gouker gains valuable knowledge as a plant researcher through internships and study abroad experience.
Tiffany Hoy takes students from St. Matthew’s elementary school in Tyrone on a hands-on educational trip that involves handling cockroaches, conducting a forensic science lab, and showcasing insects at the Frost Entomological Museum.