Summer Interns Get to Work

University of Illinois students in Agricultural Education are completing professional internships over the summer. These students will be gaining invaluable real-world experience, earning academic credit, and taking home a paycheck. The internship program is a required component for students in the Agricultural Leadership Education concentration. Students typically complete the internship between their junior and senior years. This year our students have been placed in paid internships in top agricultural organizations across the Midwest, and we are proud of them. Our Ag Ed curriculum stresses experiential learning, and the professional internship is the cornerstone in our program. Students this summer will get a chance not only to explore careers but also to put their academic training into practice, offering program development, research, sales, and leadership to premier workplaces in the ag industry. This professional experience is part of what gives our U of I students a competitive advantage when it comes to landing a job after graduation. 

Students completing professional internships this summer who are enrolled in AgEd 293 (Ag Leadership Internship) include: 

Caitlin Chrzanowski
University of Illinois Extension, Unit 8 (Bureau, LaSalle, Marshall and Putnam Counties, IL)

Jacob Firkins
AgriGold (St. Joseph, IL)

Sarah Fritz
University of Wisconsin Extension - Beef Quality Assurance Program (Madison, WI)

Dillon Garver
The Maschhoffs (Carlyle, IL)

Caroline Hoff
The Howard G. Buffet Foundation (Decatur, IL)

Mark McKown
AgCareers.com (Ames, IA)

Carly Wesner
University of Illinois Extension, Unit 17 (DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Counties, IL)

Leah Wilkening
Illinois Corn Marketing Board (Bloomington, IL)

Stay tuned for news from the interns about their amazing experiences!

- Dr. Kari Keating, Internship Coordinator

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