9/25 Minutes

September 25, 2013

Treasurer’s Report: 

•  $1,509.77

Old Business: 

• Cowtown trip got cancelled
• Get your refunds from Jess at the next meeting!
•  Dues were due!

New Business:

• T-shirt design! 
• Black print on a periwinkle shirt!
• We should be getting them sometime in November
•  Hog Slat, Inc. & Georgia Poultry Equipment Company speaker
•  Jamie Thomas (jthomas@hogslat.com)
•  LinkedIn page!
• hogslat.com
• Career section
• Supply buildings and equipment to poultry farms
• Position Available! Sale’s training position for graduating seniors, or juniors graduating next year!
• Get training in all areas of the sale cycle—engineering, equipment installation, distribution, marketing, and customer service.

Chair Reports:

•  Social: 
• Milburn Orchards apple picking! (Sunday, 10/13)
• Fundraising: 
• Meldown Fundraiser (Wednesday, 10/16)
• Don’t eat beforehand!
• We will be meeting briefly beforehand in Memorial 109, then walking over as a group!
• Pumpkin Sale (Friday 10/25 @Townsend & Monday 10/28 @Trabant)
• Service: 
• Steve Cook’s farm trip (this Saturday, 9/29) - FULL
• Meeting at 8:15AM in Lot 19; returning around 2PM
• If you would like to go on your own/with friends another time, just email him! stephen.cook@cr.k12.de.us 
•  Pre-Veterinary: 
• Penn Vet Panel (Wednesday, 10/23 @ 6PM)
• Room TBA, but this will take place instead of the usual meeting!
• Miscellaneous Announcements:
• Fall Career Fair on 9/26 from 11-3PM in the Bob
• Poultry Career Series starts 9/26 at 6PM in Allen Lab

Poultry Careers Seminar Series

Poultry Careers Seminar Series

Have ever considered a career in poultry science? If not, to consider one now! The economy may not be strong,
but employment opportunities are still great in the poultry industry, USDA, allied poultry industries and animal biologics (pharmaceuticals,etc.) for full time employment and internships. A number of your classmates have and were hired last year.

The first of four Poultry Careers Seminar Series is Thursday 9/26, at 6pm in the Allen Lab with speakers from the Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (non-profit trade association) who will introduce students to the poultry industry and it’s many poultry career opportunities and the USDA Ag Marketing Service (AMS) will discuss internship and career opportunities associated with their programs, such as providing accurate, current and unbiased information on prices, volume, quality, condition and other data via satellite and other electronic means in their market news reports. The AMS commodity procurement group purchases about 1.5 million worth of poultry, egg products, meat, fish, fruits, and vegetables annually, for food assistance programs including the National School Lunch Program. The USDA AMS also oversees the efficient, fair marketing of U.S. agricultural products, including food, fiber, and specialty crops in the global marketplace.

During the first seminar I will also  present information about how to apply for the opportunity to travel to Atlanta, GA in January 2014, to attend the US Poultry Foundation’s College Student Career program. This is an opportunity for sophomore, junior, senior and graduate students to interview with ~25 regional, national and international poultry and agribusiness companies and organizations while having the opportunity to network with over 1100 companies at the largest international poultry and agribusiness trade show. Most student travel
expenses are covered with a cost of $75 for students attending this program.

A light dinner (subs, sandwiches, pizza, etc) will be provided at 6:00pm and will give you an opportunity to interact with the speakers before the program begins. There will also be a drawing for two $50 Barnes and Noble gift cards for several lucky students that attend all 4 seminars.

Additional seminars will be held on 10/15. 10/22, and 10/30 with speakers from Perdue Farms, Cobb-Vantress, Mountaire Farms, UD Cooperative Extension Service and more. I hope to see you at the seminars. 

Contact Robert Alphin, ralphin@udel.edu, if you have questions!

9/11 Meeting Minutes

Animal Science Club

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September 11, 2013

Memorial 109

6:00 pm

Treasurer’s Report:

• $1509.77

Old Business:

• Room change pending approval
• Dues!
• $20 for new members, $10 for returning members
• Dues are paid once per academic year
• Due by 9/25
• Active membership
• Attend 75% of meetings, participate in at least 1 community service project & 1 fundraiser, and sign up for a shift on Ag Day (in the spring)
• Event commitment
• If you sign up, GO!
• Otherwise give 24 hour notice
• Legen…dairy t-shirts on sale! $13
• If a returning member, pick up Block&Bridle certificate from last year

New Business:

• Agreement to Participate Form
• MANDATORY for trips!
• https://studentcentral.udel.edu/form/start/16155
• Cowtown Rodeo
• Saturday, 9/21
• Meeting @ 5:30PM in Lot 19 (see campus map; near the train tracks on the way to north campus, right next to intersection of South College and Cleveland)
• Returning by 10:30-11PM
• We will be carpooling!
• $12, give to Jess

Chair Reports: Welcome new chair heads!

• Social: Melissa Volpone
• Fundraising: Jess (Treasurer)
• Service: Meredith Bonnell
• Livestock: Albert D’Agostino
• Pre-Veterinary: Sarah Morrisey

Miscellaneous Announcements:

• Special Olympics Equestrian Competition Volunteer
• See email I sent out this week or contact Jess or Laura Nemec
• Applications due Sunday 9/15
• Event: Saturday 9/21
• Tri-State Bird Rescue Yard Sale Volunteer
• Saturday 10/5 from 12:45-2:30PM