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
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