{"id":45600,"date":"2023-08-09T05:10:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T10:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfbf.com\/?p=45600"},"modified":"2023-06-29T10:18:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:18:24","slug":"dairy-innovation-hub-exciting-new-student-career-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfbf.com\/policy\/dairy-innovation-hub-exciting-new-student-career-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Innovation Hub: Exciting New Student Career Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Since its inception, the Dairy Innovation Hub has created research opportunities for nearly 500 students at UW\u2013Madison, UW\u2013Platteville, and UW\u2013River Falls. These experiences engage students in Hub-related research and infrastructure that foster curiosity while encouraging future careers in Wisconsin\u2019s diverse dairy community.<\/p>\n

Student researchers<\/a> take on various roles assisting with projects in the Hub\u2019s four priority areas. These positions help students gain experience and training in a selected research area, while working alongside an experienced faculty member.<\/p>\n

Across the country, most students in post-secondary dairy and ag programs do not<\/em> have direct farming backgrounds. The future of the dairy workforce relies on co-curricular experiences like research, internships, and student organizations to help students begin to \u201csee themselves\u201d in the career path.<\/p>\n

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Rachel Skinner<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As these students complete their studies, their experiences follow wherever their careers take them. One student we profiled, Rachel Skinner, recently completed her bachelor\u2019s degree at UW\u2013River Falls and is starting a master\u2019s program at Kansas State. Her major professor is a previous Hub-funded post-doctoral fellow from UW\u2013Madison, and her research project at Kansas State will build off the work funded by the Hub in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

With the help of two undergraduate interns, we developed a simple marketing campaign to highlight animal and dairy science programs across the three campuses. Prospective students choose schools based on their own unique circumstances, and what\u2019s important is that they choose WISCONSIN for their educational pursuits, regardless of the campus.<\/p>\n

This campaign started with an animal emphasis, and version 2.0 will include other areas such as environmental science, food science, economics, and engineering \u2013 all areas important to the dairy community!<\/p>\n

Check out a few print elements of the campaign:<\/p>\n