CFAES Outstanding Seniors 2011; Where are they now?

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Each year the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences recognizes 20 outstanding seniors at the annual recognition program.
In 2011, eight student from the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership were named outstanding seniors in CFAES.
Join us in taking a look back at these outstanding seniors and where they are today.

 

Katrina Swinehart
Katrina  majored in agricultural education and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in 2011. She then went on to earn her master’s degree in 2013 in agricultural and extension education at Ohio State.

Swinehart is currently living in Fairborn, Ohio, and is an agricultural science educator/FFA advisor at the Greene County Career Center. Swinehart proudly states, “Since beginning my teaching career, I have had the pleasure of being selected as a DuPont Agriscience Teacher Ambassador, where I get to teach professional development for other teachers in inquiry-based learning. This is the most challenging professional development I have ever participated in, and I enjoy sharing the teaching pedagogy with others.”

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Ms. Swineherd with students.

 

Hannah Thompson
Hannah chose to major in agricultural communication and graduated in 2011 with her bachelor’s degree. She then went on to graduate school, and earned her master’s degree in agricultural and extension education in 2013. Thompson is now living in Centerville, Maryland, and is the director of communications at the Animal Agriculture Alliance in Arlington, Virginia.

Encouraging her fellow Buckeyes, Thompson says, “There truly are Buckeyes everywhere! I am always running into Ohio State CFAES grads at conferences and events. It’s awesome to have Buckeye spirit in common!”

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Hannah Thompson

 

Other students who were recognized as an outstanding senior in 2011 from ACEL include:

Jed Bookman, agricultural and extension education
Maria Goubeaux Homan, agricultural and extension education
Tara Milliken, agricultural and extension education
Lyndsey Murphy, agricultural communication
Kayla Weaver, agricultural communication

 

If you are a current senior in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, the application form for the 2016 Outstanding Senior Award is now available at http://go.osu.edu/cfaes-outstanding-senior.

To qualify for consideration, applicants must have a 3.00 cumulative GPA at the time of application and be graduating during the 2016 calendar year. Selections are made based on the applicant’s record of scholarship, leadership, professional and personal growth and involvement in the community, both within OSU and beyond.

The deadline for applications is December 16. All applications will be reviewed in January. A group of students will be selected, from all who apply, to interview with the selection committee in February. The group of Outstanding Seniors will be recognized at the CFAES Recognition Program on April 7, 2016. Contact Dr. Marilyn Trefz (.2) should you have questions.

CFAES Outstanding Seniors of 2012; Where are they now?

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Each year the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences recognizes 20 outstanding seniors at the annual recognition program.
In 2012, five students from the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership were recognized as outstanding seniors in CFAES.

Join us in taking a look back at the outstanding seniors from our department from 2012 and where they are now.

Elizabeth (Heitkamp) Coons
Majoring in agricultural communication, Coons graduated with her bachelor’s degree in 2012. She is currently located in Yorkshire, Ohio, working as a sales and marketing coordinator. In this position, Coons’ responsibilities include assisting with many marketing efforts in both print and Web design; updating company sites; sending weekly, corporate emails; serving as a content writer and editor for the company; and assisting the Marketing Department with photo sessions. In 2011, she married David Coons; and they now have a son, George, born on December 20, 2013. She is also an active CFAES Alumni Board Member and serves as the secretary.

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Hannah (Crossen) Everetts
Hannah majored in Agricultural and Extension Education and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in 2012. Since graduation, Everetts worked for Farm Rescue out of North Dakota, and later worked at CEV Multimedia in Texas. In 2013, she took a teaching position at North Union High School, before moving to Edon, Ohio, where she is now an Agricultural Educator and FFA Advisor. She also recently married Chris Everetts in June 2015; and, together, they have a farming operation and farm with his family as well.

 

Dustin Homan
Dustin majored in Agricultural and Extension Education (Leadership Option) in 2012. He is now living in Columbus, Ohio, pursuing a master’s degree in Agricultural and Extension Education – Leadership, at The Ohio State University. Recently, Homan has spent eight months in Ghana helping expand and enhance 4-H programming by training 4-H advisors and writing funding proposals.

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Alissa Malott
Graduating in 2012 with her bachelor’s degree, Alissa majored in agricultural education. She is now located in Bloomdale, Ohio, employed at Elmwood High School as the agricultural education instructor. She is also an FFA Advisor.

 

Other students recognized from our department include:

Jodi Wildermuth

 

If you are a current senior in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, the application form for the 2016 Outstanding Senior Award is now available at http://go.osu.edu/cfaes-outstanding-senior.  To qualify for consideration, applicants must have a 3.00 cumulative GPA at the time of application and be graduating during the 2016 calendar year. Selections are made based on the applicant’s record of scholarship, leadership, professional and personal growth and involvement in the community, both within OSU and beyond. The deadline for applications is December 16. All applications will be reviewed in January. A group of students will be selected, from all who apply, to interview with the selection committee in February. The group of Outstanding Seniors will be recognized at the CFAES Recognition Program on April 7, 2016. Contact Dr. Marilyn Trefz (.2) should you have questions.

CFAES Outstanding Seniors of 2014 – 2015; Where are they now?

Untitled-1Each year the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences recognizes 20 outstanding seniors at the annual recognition program.In 2014, one student from the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership was recognized as an outstanding senior. In 2015, five students from our department received the honor at the annual CFAES Recognition Program.

Join us in taking a look back at the outstanding seniors from our department over the past few years.

2014
Amy Jo (Frost) Baughman
Majoring in agriscience education, Amy Jo earned her bachelor’s degree in 2014. She is currently a graduate student in Agricultural and Extension Education with an assistantship, working part time for the CFAES Office of Prospective Student Services with Jill Tyson, and part time in the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership with Dr. Jeff King. She was recently married in September of 2015 and is currently working on a master’s thesis about vocational education needs in Choluteca, Honduras.

 

2015
Kelly Fager
Choosing to major in agricultural communication, Kelly recently graduated with her bachelor’s degree in May of 2015. She is residing in Defiance, Ohio, employed with Consolidated Grain and Barge as a Grain Merchandiser. Her responsibilities include: establishing and maintain strong customer relationships through face-to-face interactions and phone calls; purchasing grain and executing contracts and agreements that customers desire; coordinating the non-genetically modified organisms (NGMO) programs for CGB Defiance; managing the CGB Defiance Facebook page; organizing monthly grain marketing club meetings; and creating communication pieces for the elevator as necessary. She is also a certified agricultural commodity tester for corn, soybeans, and wheat. With this position, Fager is enjoying her time getting to know farmers by interacting at work, various Farm Bureau events, or county fairs. She has also been able to travel to numerous places such as St. Louis, Missouri; Jeffersonville, Indiana; and Cincinnati, Ohio. She has had the opportunity, as well, to meet Kenin Adams, President and CEO of CGB Enterprises, Inc. during the Ohio State CFAES Fall Scholarship Banquet, earlier this year.

Megan Moorman
Majoring in agriscience education, Megan is now the proud agricultural educator and FFA advisor at Westfall High School in Williamsport, Ohio. She is the youngest teacher at her school, and says she has been mistaken for a student too many times to count!

Stacie Seger
Stacie  recently graduated with her bachelor’s degree in 2015, majoring in agricultural communication. She is now employed as the communication manager with Ohio Corn and Wheat in Columbus, Ohio. Seger says, “During college, I loved traveling to conferences and studying abroad. It was a great way to meet people, learn about different sectors of the agriculture industry and see beautiful landscapes. Today I get to travel domestically and internationally with our corn and wheat farmers as we build market demand. I love that I have a job that allows me to continuously learn about different sectors of agriculture first hand.”

Michelle King
Michelle majored in community leadership with a specialization in community and extension education. She is now located in St. Marys, Ohio and employed as the communication assistant with Cooper Farms. King is excited to share that she will be getting married next August!

Other students who were recognized as an outstanding senior from ACEL include:
Erin Williams, agricultural communication

If you are a current senior in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, the application form for the 2016 Outstanding Senior Award is now available at http://go.osu.edu/cfaes-outstanding-senior.  To qualify for consideration, applicants must have a 3.00 cumulative GPA at the time of application and be graduating during the 2016 calendar year. Selections are made based on the applicant’s record of scholarship, leadership, professional and personal growth and involvement in the community, both within OSU and beyond. The deadline for applications is December 16. All applications will be reviewed in January. A group of students will be selected, from all who apply, to interview with the selection committee in February. The group of Outstanding Seniors will be recognized at the CFAES Recognition Program on April 7, 2016. Contact Dr. Marilyn Trefz (.2) should you have questions.