Top Option Club

Hello Everyone,

We are the top option club!

This past week the Ag council hosted their annual Leadership conference with sponsor Land O’Lakes. The evening consisted of a meal, Land O’Lakes presentation on Managing your Boss, and a panel discussion. The Agronomy club had several representatives present and we were honored to win the top option club in the college of Ag for the past year. We earned the award by being involved in Ag council activities such as the farmer olympics, leadership retreat, and others. We also earned points for our involvement in community service activities throughout the year.

Agronomy Club Members at the Ag Council Leadership Conference

The Agronomy club has offered me a lot over my college career. As a junior, I am serving as the vice president and have had other leadership roles in the past. As a freshman, the agronomy club introduced me to a lot of new friends and gave me some great opportunities to grow as an individual. I have traveled to Arizona, Texas, and Florida to compete and learn about agriculture in other states during the national and regional SASES(students of agronomy, soils, and environmental sciences) meetings.

If I had to give new agronomy students advice I’d tell them to get involved with the agronomy club early on. It is a great opportunity to learn outside of class and enjoy good company in the department.

God Bless and Boiler Up! 

Andrew Chupp 

                                Great Start to the Semester

    Good Evening Everyone, 

   This semester has started off grate as I take a brake from studying for my last exam in the first set of exams I have. I wanted to congratulate and get the word out that the Agronomy Club again was awarded the choice club award from the Purdue Agriculture Counsel. This is just another way to prove on how grate the agronomy department and the Agronomy Club are especially with the help of Sherry, Jane, and all the other staff getting students ready life after their time at Purdue. Now the college experience is not always have to be with club trips and academic things.

   In this I want to reflect on while at college it is never a bad time to make student life and other goals in life come true. For me this semester I have lived this by driving out to Colorado for the Nation Western Stock Show, and I have also had plans or something to do every weekend this semester making this weekend my first trip back home since the start of the semester back in January. The main point to take away is don't thank that during a semester that anyone person is stuck to campus or West Lafayette the entire time.

  So it is time to get back to studying for me, but it is in the hands of each of us to make our time here at Purdue a time we can remember and cherish. 

Hope Everyone finishes their semesters strong.

  Kyle Fogle 

Do That Extra Credit!

Good afternoon Boilermakers!

These past few semesters have been filled with opportunity.

It's surprising how many college professors offer extra credit in their classes. What is also surprising is how many students don't participate in these opportunities. Agecon 330 is one of the classes that offers a whopping 80 points. In this class if you had a 90% by the end of the semester, you would be exempt from the final exam.

Now the semester got busy, and extra credit was not my top priority. It was always in the back of my mind to get the extra credit done. Then, November 20th rolled around, the date for full acceptance of all 80 points of extra credit. As you can guess I didn't have it all done. Then the next week went by and I turned all the extra credit for the remaining points.

Finally, the end of the semester came and I found out if I had to take the final or not. I had an 88.7%. I was so close to the 90%, but not close enough. I had to do what I had to do and take the final exam. After the final I ended the class strongly even though I could've avoided the stress of studying and not had to take it.

Moral of the story DO THE EXTRA CREDIT!

Olivia Lake

Boiler Up for Purdue Basketball!

Fellow & Future Boilers!

How about that basketball team?! Now don't get me wrong, I have shared many times about how great the Agronomy department is, how kind the professors are, and what great opportunities are here on Purdue's campus; however, you have to enjoy the student life too. I personally LOVE going to Purdue sporting events. It is a time you see all the students and alumni join together to support our university. Lately a lot more people have been enjoying this experience at home Purdue basketball games.



This team is breaking news and bringing fans with their school record-breaking 18 win streak! Let's make that a 19 game streak this Saturday against Rutgers shall we? This team is very exciting to watch because they keep the games interesting. Compared to games last year, it seems like the team has a little more harmony. They seem to be more in sync with one another and work together towards a common goal. They have the playbook, the coaches, and the support from their fans so all they have to do is believe and work hard. It takes some talent and a whole lot of passion to work towards records never met before and I give a lot of credit to the members of this team.

This is all very similar to students who go for their degrees at Purdue. In the past I have shared that we have great coaches and support from family, friends, and faculty. Each student has their peers to lean on in tough classes and so all you have to do is work hard and believe you want and can get that degree. So we all cheer on incoming Boilers next fall and right now let's cheer on this basketball team!

Boiler Up & Hammer Down!

Dakota Westphal

Agronomic Business & Marketing
email: dwestpha@purdue.edu

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