Floral Design Class (Fun)!

Good afternoon everyone,

I am finally on the homestretch of my undergraduate career at Purdue! Woooh-boiler up! This last semester as a senior, I am only taking 12 credit hours. STAT 301 is the only class I need for graduation on my plan of study that I am finishing up, and a few other classes for my minors. I have yet to take the Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) Exam, and I decided that taking AGRY 505, Forage Management, would be beneficial to learn about before I take the CCA Exam. So, AGRY 505 is another class I am registered in this semester. This week one of my fellow classmates is taking the CCA, so I have been helping her study and review the learning objectives in preparation for the CCA Exam in the Crops Resource Center (CRC). She has said that by also being in AGRY 505, she feels more prepared for her upcoming exam. I also am working in the CRC this semester, so feel free to ask me, or any of the other undergraduate teaching assistants, questions you may have about agronomy, or Purdue in general!

A lot of seniors (the majority being young women) enroll in HORT 360, which is Floral Design and Arrangement, so that is a class that I decided, too, to take! Although I am an Agronomy major, taking other classes throughout the College of Agriculture has broadened my knowledge with other aspects of the agriculture industry. I have enjoyed being able to tailor my education to fit my interests and I so grateful for the flexibility I have had as a student at Purdue. I would have loved to be a Weed Science major in college, but since that was not available, I am receiving a Weed Science minor upon my graduation this May! The Agronomy, Botany, and Horticulture departments have all allowed for my passion for plants to grow and blossom (pun intended). The opportunities to learn about different plants, crops, and biological and chemical pathways in the College of Agriculture are endless!

Below is my first floral design (a dried floral wreath) that I created in the HORT 360 two hour lab! It has been nice to stop and -finally- smell the roses this last stretch.




-Boiler Blessings

Deatra Gremaux

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

This school year, I have had the opportunities to go to two professional conferences: the Agronomy Society of America (ASA) Annual Meeting in October and the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting last week. 

I went to the ASA meeting with other members of Agronomy Club, and we participated in the student conference.  As a part of the student conference, the organizers put on a series of competitions between the schools.  I participated in the visual competition and the Quiz Bowl team.  The visual presentation contest included making a short PowerPoint presentation introducing a problem and a solution to that problem.  I went to the AMS meeting to present the results from my summer internship.  While I was there, I learned about future opportunities in meteorology and climatology and I listened to lectures about specific topics that interested me. 

Both the conferences gave me the opportunity to network with professionals, hear academic lectures and talk to graduate programs.  Going to a conference is a valuable experience for a student, because it can help to inform career or graduate school decisions.  I talked to professionals who were eager to answer my questions, and I met peers from other schools who are in the same position as me.

Boiler up!

Mary Rose Mangan

mmangan@purdue.edu

School's Back in Session

Hey guys!

School is back in session! With that came the snow, ice, and now mush. To top it all off there’s a chance of even more snow. The anticipation is back. I'm beginning to wonder what this semester will bring. I can tell you that Agronomy Club members will continue to receive weekly emails from me.  

Over Thanksgiving Break my family participated in Host-A-Boiler. We had two students from India join us for Thanksgiving at our house. We played board games, walked to the creek, ate food, and spent time with the various pets we own. We enjoyed that so much that over Christmas break we participated in that again. I unfortunately got sick and wasn't able to join them. But my family  took a student from India to my aunts house for Christmas on Christmas Eve. They got to open presents, play games, and eat! 

Boiler up! 

Hannah Padgett
padgeth@purdue.edu