Progress 01/01/17 to 12/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Our 8-week summer internship program for undergraduates on the topic of Sustainable Animal Agriculture was widely advertised. We received 27applications and a faculty committee selected 10 students for participation. Our target audience was a diverse group of undergraduate students who were interested in an integrated research/extension summer experience. Our diverse group consisted of: 3 students from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), 2student from SUNY Delhi(Delhi, NY), 2 students from Tuskegee University(Tuskegee, AL), 1studentfrom Tompkins County Community College(Dryden, NY), 3students from PennState University(University Park, PA). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Faculty members hosting one or more interns in their laboratories were: Dr. Julio Giordano, Dr. Heather Huson, Dr. Joe McFadden, Dr. Kristin Reed, Dr. Vimal Selvaraj, Dr. Mike Thonney, and Dr. Mike Van Amburgh. In addition to working with the interns in their individual labs, these faculty members also delivered formal presentations in the joint sessions on Mondays or Fridays. In addition, a number of other professors and lecturers in the department participated in lectures and discussions with the students. Formal presentations were given by Dr. Xingen Lei, Dr. Eugene Won, Dr. Jerrie Gavalchin, Dr. Debbie Cherney, Dr. Lindsay Goodale, Dr. Tom Overton, Dr. Pat Johnson, and Dr. Carl Czymmek. Professionals involved in animal care and management (Jessica Waltemyer, Bruce Bergen-Thomas) also worked to optimize the experience of our students with a variety of domestic animals. We took the interns on a number of off campus chaperoned field trips. These included: a 2-night excursion to the Miner Institute, trip to Dairy One (feed analysis lab), trip to a robotic dairy farm (Hemdale Farms), trip to a nutrient management field trial (Varna/Caldwell). On campus tours included: CARE research animal facilities, College of Veterinary Medicine, library resource training,dairy facility, sled dog facility, sheep facility, and poultry farm. Finally, students were assigned a scientific paper each Mondayas well as a prompt. During the group session on Friday, the research article was discussed as well as responses to the prompt. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?All interns in the program presented a poster to the entire Animal Science department at the end of the program. This was based on the topic of research in their lab. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Each of the 10students was paired with an individual faculty mentor. We organized an 8-week program for the students. The themes were: Week 1 Introduction to Sustainable Animal Agriculture; Week 2 Animal Health and Welfare; Week 3 Advances in Dairy Management; Week 4Research in Animal Science; Week 5 Technologies for Animal Reproduction and Health; Week 6Animal Nutrition and Metabolism; Week 7 extension and community development; Week 8 Soils Feedthe Crops that Feed Animals. For each week, we had a faculty-organized program for all students on Monday and Friday and they spent Tuesday through Thursday in the labs of their individual mentors. Several field trips were planned, generally on the group days and a trip for 2 nights was planned for an upstate dairy institute (Miner Institute). All students participated in the field trips.
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Progress 01/01/18 to 12/31/18
Outputs
Target Audience:Our 8-week summer internship program for undergraduates on the topic of Sustainable Animal Agriculture was widely advertised. We received35 applications and a faculty committee selected10 students for participation. Our target audience was a diverse group of undergraduate students who were interested in an integrated research/extension summer experience. Our diverse group consisted of: 3 students from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), 1 student from Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY),2 students fromUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore(Princess Anne, MD), 2 students from SUNY Cobleskill (Cobleskill, NY), 1 student from Alfred State College (Alfred, NY),and 1 student from Alcorn State University (Lorman, MS). Changes/Problems:No major changes inthe material of the programare planned. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Students were exposed to research projects in each individual lab and were provided with lecture and discussion materials. There was ample opportunity for discussion and feedback. Manuscripts and lecture materials were provided online to the students and they were encouraged to interact and contribute to a blog. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?At the end of the program, all students presented a poster to the entire department. This was primarily based on the topic of their research lab. This was an opportunity for the students to communicate their understanding of the research skills and understanding that they had acquired through the program. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will soon be advertising the program for the summer of 2019 and plan to recruit another group of 9-10 students. We have feedback from the program in 2017 and 2018so we will use that to make improvements in the program for 2019.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Each of the10 students was paired with an individual faculty mentor. We organized an 8-week program for the students. The themes were: Week1 Introduction to sustainable animal agriculture; Week 2 Research in animal science; Week 3 Advances in dairy management; Week 4 Animal health and welfare; Week 5 Technologies for animal reproduction and health; Week 6 soils feed the crops that feed animals; Week 7 Animal nutrition and metabolism; Week 8 extension and community development. For each week, we had a faculty-organized program for all students on Monday and Friday and they spent Tuesday through Thursday in the labs of their individual mentors. Several field trips were planned, generally on the group days and a trip for 2 nights was planned for an upstate dairy institute (Miner Institute). All students participated in the field trips.
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Progress 01/01/17 to 12/31/17
Outputs
Target Audience:Our 8-week summer internship program for undergraduateson the topic of Sustainable Animal Agriculture was widely advertised. We received 27 applications and a faculty committee selected 9 students for participation. Our target audience was a diverse group of undergraduate students who were interested in an integrated research/extension summer experience. Our diverse group consisted of:3 studentsfrom Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), 2 studentsfrom Fort Valley State University (Fort Valley, GA), 2 students from SUNY Cobleskill (Cobleskill, NY), 1 student from Alfred State College (Alfred, NY) and 1 studentfromVan Hall LarensteinUniversity of Applied Sciences (Netherlands). Changes/Problems:No major changes are planned. We were very pleased with the program and the feedback from studentswas excellent. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Students were exposed to research projects in each individual lab and were provided with lecture and discussion materials. There was ample opportunity for discussion and feedback. Manuscripts and lecture materials were provided online to the students and they were encouraged to interact and contribute to a blog. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?At the end of the program, all students presented a poster to the entire department. This was primarily based on the topic of their research lab. This was an opportunity for the students to communicate their understanding of the research skills and understanding that they had acquired through the program. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We are currently advertising the program for the summer of 2018 and plan to recruit another group of 9-10 students. We have feedback from the program in 2017 so we will use that to make improvements in the program for 2018.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Each of the 9 students was paired with an individual faculty mentor. We organized an 8-week program for the students. The themes were: Week1 Introduction to sustainable animal agriculture; Week 2 Research in animal science; Week 3 Advances in dairy management; Week 4 Animal health and welfare; Week 5 Technologies for animal reproduction and health; Week 6 soils feed the crops that feed animals; Week 7 Animal nutrition and metabolism; Week 8 extension and community development. For each week, we had a faculty-organized program for all students on Monday and Friday and they spent Tuesday through Thursday in the labs of their individual mentors.Several field trips were planned, generally on the group days anda trip for 2 nights was planned for an upstate dairyinstitute (Miner Institute). All students participated in the field trips.
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