Before heading into spring break I tasked my honors animal science students to create and present a farm management project.  Two students were struggling with what animal to raise until we started talking about having ponds on a typical cattle farm.  The lightbulb went off and they decided to create their project on a fish farm.  I find it interesting… Read more »

  I think my fellowship has changed me in the way that I encourage students to apply for different careers.  Before I knew there was so much more to agriculture but it was hard for me to relate it to anything other than farming.  After my internship I am able to relate life science careers to agriculture do to research.

My internship was at BRITE at NCCU.  I worked with different scientists and their assistants to do plant research.  The most interesting thing to me was learning how the tobacco plants are used for different research purposes.  The biggest challenge was finding time to attend the labs.  Because of covid I was not allowed in the labs as much as… Read more »

Within my Durham cohort we are excited to work together to develop and implement a career fair within the life sciences careers.  But instead of focusing on students meeting companies that cannot hire them because they are not 18 yet we are going to inform the teachers.  We feel that as a cohort reaching out to the teachers to provide… Read more »

I was so very nervous my first day in the lab interning.  All the machines and materials made me very uneasy.  Denise is my senior student who I am observing and working with.  She is a very good teacher and makes sure I understand what to do and why to do it in a specific way.  Aseptic techniques must be… Read more »

I have to say that the highlight of my week was the relationships and memories I made with all the fellows.  We enjoyed a night of fellowship with singing and dancing on Wednesday night and I think it finally broke down those barriers that comes with new relationships and new adventures.  We all let down our guards and got to… Read more »

From this experience I hope to gain a stronger sense of who I am as a teacher.  I have great relationships with my students and little to no classroom management issues.  This is my 5th year teacher and after covid I feel a little defeated, discouraged, and disgusted.  I feel that as a teacher I have failed my students in… Read more »