July 6, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information contact:
Clint Mefford, director of communications
(816) 383-5143
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American Angus Welcomes New Interns
From around the world, American Angus hosts new interns for the summer.
The American Angus Association® works hard to cultivate a future generation for the Angus breed, and the interns are no different. There are six different interns and one part-time hire this summer working in several different departments of the Association, Angus Media, Angus Foundation and Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI), and they come from all over the world, ranging from Brazil to California.
Madeline Bauer was born and raised in Willard, Ohio, and is serving as an events and education intern for the American Angus Association. She is majoring in agricultural communications at the Ohio State University (OSU) as well as minoring in production agriculture, set to graduate in May 2019. She grew up showing sheep, steers and Angus heifers, which led her to choose this internship due to her love for the breed.
“I am excited to see the country while learning some valuable skills from some of the best in the business,” Bauer said. Her summer goal matches up perfectly to the internship since her main focus throughout this summer is the National Junior Angus Show, as well as traveling to cover other shows across the country.
Chloé Fowler has traveled from California to be the communications intern for the American Angus Association. From Ono, California, she was raised as a seventh generation on her family’s Angus/Hereford cross cow-calf operation and developed a love for the cattle industry. She is currently attending California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, (Cal Poly) as a junior majoring in agricultural communications and minoring in law and society.
She took the opportunity with the Association because of her desire to communicate about the beef industry, and she is hoping the opportunity will provide her new skills to use in her future. “I am excited to engage with many different parts of communications as well as represent the ranchers and cattlemen and women who make up this association,” she said.
Andre Garcia has traveled the farthest to work for Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI). from Formosa do Oeste, State of Rarana, Brazil, he is focusing on the different aspects of genomic evaluation using single-step methodology through this position. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in animal science in Brazil and is currently attending the University of Georgia pursuing a doctorate in animal and dairy science with a special emphasis in breeding and genetics.
Traveling so far was driven by the opportunities for research at the Association, “Angus has one of the biggest sets of data available for genomic evaluation in the U.S.,” Garcia said. Having grown up in agriculture on a small farm in southern Brazil, Andre is excited about this opportunity with American Angus Association to learn more about beef cattle operations in the U.S.
Megan Green is working part-time with the American Angus Association communications team, and she will also be contributing to the Angus Journal and the Angus Beef Bulletin. She comes from a diversified livestock background with seedstock operations as well as a farrow-to-finish hog operation, which encouraged her involvement with the American Angus Association.
Majoring in agricultural communications and journalism, she is scheduled to graduate from Kansas State University in May 2019 and is excited for “the great opportunity to grow as a communicator,” she said.
Rudy Pooch, from Tecumseh, Nebraska, is the inaugural American Angus Foundation intern for this summer, assisting the non-profit in fundraising efforts as well as the different programs and projects. Growing up in the Angus breed, she has showed cattle and been a longtime member of the NJAA, which drove her passion for becoming an intern. “Although I love being in the showring and preparing cattle for a judge, it will be a nice change of pace to be on the other side of things,” Pooch said.
Currently a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), she is majoring in animal science, minoring in beef industry and communications and hoping that the Angus Foundation internship will combine her communication skills with her love for the breed.
Megan Silveira is from Denair, California, but is attending Oklahoma State University (OSU) where she will be a senior, double majoring in agricultural communications and agribusiness. Falling in love with the Angus breed at a young age, she was driven to apply for the position as the Angus Media intern, where she will be helping with the Angus Journal and the Angus Beef Bulletin.
“The breed has always been my biggest passion in life,” she said. She is looking forward to giving back to this organization and working for the breed association that has always been such a major part of her life.
Whitney Wilkinson is the second of the events and education interns, traveling from Cement, Oklahoma. There she is attending Oklahoma State University (OSU) starting her last year of graduate school studying agricultural communications; she previously graduated with a bachelor’s degree in animal science and agribusiness at OSU.
Growing up raising sheep, she was able to develop her passion event planning while hosting 4-H and FFA showmanship clinics, and that’s why she was interested in this internship with the American Angus Association. “I thought this internship would be a good way to spread my wings and see what the Angus industry is all about” Wilkinson said. She is enthusiastic about the opportunity to learn more about the breed, as well as connect with others in the agricultural industry.
Visit www.angus.org for more information about internship opportunities available through the American Angus Association.
— Written by Chloé Fowler, Angus Communications
ANGUS MEANS BUSINESS. The American Angus Association® is the nation’s largest beef breed organization, serving more than 25,000 members across the United States, Canada and several other countries. It’s home to an extensive breed registry that grows by nearly 300,000 animals each year. The Association also provides programs and services to farmers, ranchers and others who rely on Angus to produce quality genetics for the beef industry and quality beef for consumers.
For more information about Angus cattle and the American Angus Association, visit www.angus.org.
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