After much debate, advice from others, and some real soul-searching, I finally have plans for next year. With much enthusiasm, I will still remain a student in the fall of 09. I will be starting a masters program in Agricultural Communications and will still be in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences here at Ohio State. While my job search yielded offers, and serious consideration with Syngenta, my love and pride for Ohio State cannot be denied.
**at the right, Me, and my friends and neighbors Jena and Gus spell out the O-H-I-O tradition in D.C. in March.... with a little help from the Washington Monument of course!
I feel very fortunate to have this opportunity, and owe much thanks to the faculty I have worked with over the past three years, in addition to my mentors in the Dean's office, for their help in providing me this opportunity. . As many of you know I am an active College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Ambassador where I spend a lot of my free time recruiting stud
ents to the university and our specific college. During my graduate admissions process, I knew I had made the right decision when these roles were reversed, and the faculty and administration of CFAES made special efforts to retain me in their graduate programs. I am so very EXCITED to start back in a new role and am eager to share with all of you as this next phase unfolds.**picture is of my best friend, Erin, friend Dustin Brown, and I at the Wood County 4-H Camp Counselor reunion a few weeks ago!
In other news, we are almost half way through spring quarter!! Classes, clubs, and preparing for our College Recognition Banquet are keeping me quite busy. On May 7th I will be serving as a narrator for our college wide banquet and will be named a Top 20 Senior-- one of our college's top awards. In addition to our college awards, I will be having dinner (along with other students) next week with E. Gordon Gee-- Ohio State University President, as I am recognized as in the President's Salute to Outstanding Academic Achievement.
Oh.. and if I couldn't forget-- I bought a new car! Well actually a mid-size SUV-- but none-the-less... I am now a proud owner of a red Mercury Mariner (yes, Uncle Bob and I are twins) and passed on my blue chevy truck to a 16 year old first time driver at home!
Hope this finds all of you well! Make sure to email, call, or heck-- COME VISIT me!
With love,
Stacie
