science with practice, more than a motto
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Sherry HoyerACE-NETC 2009June 9, 2009
Science With Practice, More than a Motto
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Science With Practice•Description and funding•Program background•My experience•Program results•Contacts
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Science With Practice• Description and funding
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Science With Practice• Program background
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Science With Practice•My experience
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Science With Practice• Program results• 187 students
• 60% female, 40% male• 43% seniors• 33% juniors• 12% sophomores• 12% freshmen• All majors represented, with most from
life science majors like animal science and ag biology
• 62 mentors• Nearly $75,000 matching funds
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Science With Practice• Program results, cont.• Helped students better understand
linkages among science/research, academic coursework, and practical, real-world problems/situations• Used by students and faculty to explore
potential for graduate-level research• Stronger relationship between mentor
and student
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Science With Practice• Program results, cont.• Early survey of participants
• Learning agreement key to maintaining learning atmosphere, not simply work
• Increased opportunities for networking and collaboration between faculty and students
• Improvement in valuable workplace skills: communication, time management, responsibility, self-confidence
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Science With Practice• Program results, cont.• Comments from my students
• “Throughout the semester, I have enhanced my writing skills, learned new technological developments, emerged myself in a part of agriculture that I was fairly naive to, and have become more responsible and committed while working at the IPIC. ”
• “My mentor has left a memorable experience with me as well as helped me improve intellectually as a student and as an employee. ”
• “As you can tell, this job has provided me with much more than an income. It has been instrumental in internship search because it gave me experience and it has aided me in my classes.”
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Science With Practice• Program results, cont.• Comments from my students
• “The poster presentation was a great learning experience for me. I haven’t given a poster presentation since my younger years back in 4-H, and I really hope I’ve improved my skills since then.”
• “In my experience with Science with Practice I have learned a lot about time management and deadlines. I have also had a fun experience broadening my agriculture knowledge. Before this job, my only passionate area was the dairy industry but now I have a greater understanding for production agriculture and the pork industry!”
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Science With Practice• Contacts
Sherry HoyerIowa Pork Industry CenterIowa State [email protected]
Dr. Michael RetallickAgricultural Education and StudiesIowa State [email protected]
Sherry HoyerACE-NETC 2009June 9, 2009
Science With Practice, More than a Motto