Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Neck Ties Now Available

Are you in need of a new tie to wear to your upcoming campus leadership interview or job/internship interviews?  What better way to professionally express your pride in being a CASNR student than to wear a CASNR neck tie!  The CASNR Career Liaisons are selling official CASNR neck ties to raise funds to support the professional development activities of both their group and other CASNR students.  Ties are 100% woven silk and include the Division logo (see picture below).  Ties are available for purchase in the CASNR Student Success Center, 103 Ag Hall, for $25 each, and the supply is limited.  Make a great, polished impression on your next interview and purchase one today!

Lead Your Life with Confidence and Balance

Wednesday, October 12th

6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Wes Watkins Center, Auditorium (Room 110)

Join the CASNR Student Success Center in welcoming Mr. Mark Black to the OSU-Stillwater campus.  Mark Black is a heart and double-lung transplant recipient, 3-time marathoner, speaker and author who has used his truly unique story and powerful life lessons to inspire more than 45,000 people across North America to live life with passion and purpose.  See http://markblackspeaks.com/ for more information and a preview of Mr. Black’s story.

Wichita Externship during Fall Break – Application Deadline, Friday October 7th

Each semester CASNR Career Services plans group externship experiences for CASNR students to assist them with learning about the background and real world practices of agricultural and natural resources-related businesses, with exploring career opportunities, and with developing their professional networks.  Organizations provide:

·         An overview of their organization,

·         An understanding of potential internship and/or fulltime career options/opportunities,

·         A perspective of how various functions and specific positions within an organization connect and collaborate to accomplish the businesses’ mission, and

·         Any additional “real world” words of wisdom or recommendations of benefit to college students planning to pursue a variety of careers in the agriculture and natural resources fields.

CASNR Career Services will be taking three vans of students to Wichita, Kansas on Friday, October 14^th, to visit Koch Industries (http://www.kochind.com/), CNH (http://www.cnh.com/Pages/home.aspx), and Cargill, Inc. (http://www.cargill.com/).  Students interested in participating in the trip should submit a professional résumé and a brief (250 words maximum) statement of why they would like to attend to the CASNR Student Success Center, 103 Ag Hall, before 5:00 p.m. on this Friday, October 7th.  Selected students will be notified via e-mail before noon on Monday, October 10^th.

Are you unsure about your résumé?

Bring a copy of your résumé by the Student Success Center (103 Ag Hall) Wednesday, September 14 from 4:00-8:00 pm for CASNR’s Résumé Critique Night. The Career Liaisons will be on hand to offer tips for creating a marketable résumé, to proof read your résumé, and to answer any questions that you may have.

Remember that Career Fair is next Wednesday, September 21, from 12:30-4:30 pm at the Wes Watkins Exhibit Hall. You will need to bring multiple copies of your résumé with you so take advantage of this opportunity to ensure your résumé is the best is can possibly be! We look forward to seeing you Wednesday, here in the SSC!

Visit our facebook page, Oklahoma State College of Ag Sciences and Natural Resources, for additional tips in preparing for the Career Fair.

Dinner with 5 Cowboys

Have you ever been curious what College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources alumni do? Have you ever thought it would be a good networking opportunity if you had the chance to meet one of our alums? Well, you're in luck! YOU can sit down to dinner with one of our very own alums on Wednesday, September 14, at 6 p.m., and answer some of these questions plus some of your own.

Dinner with Five Cowboys is a new networking opportunity made to you by CASNR Career Services to help make connections and bridge the gap between students and alumni. Five CASNR students will be selected to have dinner with an alum who has agreed to participate in this event. Learn about their career paths, life lessons and OSU/CASNR experiences. We currently have 2 opportunities available to you!

John Cothren-General Manager, Grissoms LLC John Deere (Wednesday, September 14)
Robyn Sites-Rudisill-Director of Leadership Development, Tyson Foods, Inc.  (Friday, September 30)

To be selected as one of the five Cowboys who will participate in this dinner, you must fill out an application and return it to the Student Success Center, 103 Ag Hall. You can visit this link to access the application-http://bit.ly/r4ZE7Z.

Students who wish to participate in the first Dinner with Five Cowboys can turn in their application by Tuesday, September 7, in the CASNR Student Success Center. Please contact our office at 405.744.9464 or in person if you have any question. Good luck and happy networking!
 

Freshmen Days in the SSC

Are you a freshman in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources? Make a visit to the Student Success Center (103 Ag Hall) on Thursday, September 1, or Friday, September 2, to get to know our staff and student leaders! Also learn about the services offered by the Student Success Center and how our office can be of support to you during your first year of college.

Another advantage of joining us for Freshmen Days in the SSC, is the opportunity to get a free CASNR spirit T-shirt! The first 25 CASNR freshmen who arrive in our office will receive one of these shirts completely FREE! These shirts are brand new; be one of the first to have one!

The Student Success Center is located in the big glass office in the Ag Hall lobby in 103 Ag Hall. Office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. You may also contact our office by calling 405.744.9464. We look forward to seeing all of our new students soon!

Welcome, Dr. Porter!

During the past summer, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Academic Programs have undergone some changes in regards to staff. Dr. David Porter, Plant and Soil Sciences Department Head, has stepped into the Interim Associate Dean position for the College.

Dr. Porter is a native of Tulsa, Okla. He served four years in the United States Marine Corps before starting his college education at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños. After two years at UPLB, he transferred to OSU and received a B.S. degree in agronomy in 1981, and an M.S. degree in agronomy in 1983. He then worked as a Rice Agronomist for Ring Around Products in south Texas prior to attending Texas Tech University, where he received a Ph.D. in agronomy in 1990. Dr. Porter joined OSU as Department Head of Plant and Soil Sciences in 2007 after serving 17 years with the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

Please take time this semester and stop by 136 Ag Hall to meet Dr. Porter. He is looking forward to meeting all of you.