NDOA/CABNR STUDENT WORK PROGRAM

• Sponsoring Institution: State Agricultural Experiment Station
• Project Status: COMPLETE
• Funding Source: STATE
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0221260
• Project Start Date: Jan 1, 2010
• Project End Date: Mar 31, 2011
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
(N/A)
RENO,NV 89557

Performing Department
Administration

Non Technical Summary
NDOA has received has received directive from US Forest Service, State and Provate Forestry Program Manager to increase the number of jobs created by ARRA funding. NDOA is requesting cooperation from CABNR to provide employment opportunites to four students. The students will acquire a general knowledge of the inter-workings and functions of the entire department.

Animal Health Component

(N/A)

Research Effort Categories

Basic

100%

Applied

(N/A)

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
903	6010	3030	100%

Knowledge Area
903 - Communication, Education, and Information Delivery;

Subject Of Investigation
6010 - Individuals;

Field Of Science
3030 - Information and communication;

Keywords

student workers

ndoa internships

Goals / Objectives
The grant will provide funding for 4 student internship positions with the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDOA). 2 positions will be administrative assitant positions and 2 positions will be assitants to the ARRA project coordinator.

Project Methods
2 administative assistants will manage the front desk of NDOA. Responsibilities include greeting customers, answering phones and directing calls, taking messages, and receiving and routing mail. 2 coodinator assistants will collecting project status information, photographs and other pertinent materials to be used for narratives, success stories, press releases and reports.

Progress 01/01/10 to 03/31/11

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The purpose of this project was to provide students with real life experience (experiential learning) in the field of Agricultural Sciences for students from the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources (CABNR), University of Nevada, Reno. This was done through a work-study program between CABNR and the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDOA). In addition this program provided needed paid jobs for CABNR students within their major field of study. PARTICIPANTS: 6 CABNR students participated in this work study program TARGET AUDIENCES: The major target audience for this project was students within CABNR. An article describing the project with interviews of students who participated in the project will be included in the CABNR quarterly newsletter which is disseminated to all current CABNR students, CABNR alumni and CABNR stakeholders. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
NDOA hired 6 CABNR students. Hired students were exposed to the numerous fields encompassed by NDOA and agriculture as a whole, ranging from the environment to molecular biology. Students gained real world experience in their chosen field of study, and were paid to perform work within those areas. Students thus gained further experience in applying their academic knowledge to real word situations.

Publications

• No publications reported this period