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Spotlight on Youth - July 21, 2010
Student ag engineering awards presented by AEM
PITTSBURG, Penn. — The Assoc. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) recognized the latest winners of its annual student engineering and mechanization awards during the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers’ (ASABE) annual international meeting, held June 20-23, 2010 in Pittsburgh.

The AEM “Student Trophy Competition” awards recognize ASABE university student branches for outstanding achievement. ASABE student branches provide agricultural engineering-related undergraduates with insights into their chosen profession. AEM initiated the awards in 1935 as part of its commitment to excellence in agricultural engineering education.

The ASABE student branches are evaluated on their activities during the previous year in areas including campus and community participation, membership, meetings and programs.
See www.asabe.org for award details.

The 2010 AEM “Trophy Competition” award winners are:
Large Student Engineering Branches (Group A): first place goes to Iowa State University; second place goes to University of Illinois; and third place goes to Kansas State University.

Student Mechanization Branches (all sizes): first place goes to Kansas State University and second place goes to Iowa State University. AEM is a longtime supporter of ASABE and its mission to advance engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems.

Eastern Hancock FFA, 4-H win state livestock judging
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For the fifth time in the last six years, members of the Eastern Hancock 4-H and FFA livestock judging teams earned the state championship at Purdue University.
Champion FFA team members included Sarah Mueller, Breanna Lawyer, Kale Hensley and Aaron Wilson. By virtue of this championship, the team will represent Indiana at the National Western Stock Show in Denver Colorado in January 2011. Sarah Mueller earned high individual honors; Breanna Lawyer was seventh, and Kale Hensley was eighth in the contest.

Team members Kyle Shoufler, Jacob Mueller, Kyle Eischen, and Clay Roland earned fourth place 4-H team honors. In individual competition, Kyle Shoufler was fifth and Jacob Mueller was 10th. This team will represent the state at the AKSARBEN National livestock judging contest in Omaha, Neb. this fall.

Extension internship provides networking, military support
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Extension Service has joined forces with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture/U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of Military Community and Family Policy within the Department of Defense to offer college students internships to work with youth and child care programs on military installations around the world.

The groups created the Military Extension Internship Program to provide college students the opportunity to learn about child care and youth development, as well as careers in those fields within the military.

“Students participating in the program need no experience in, or knowledge of, the military, but they usually come out of the program with a greater appreciation for it and awareness of careers available for civilians on military installations,” said Purdue Extension internship coordinator Amy Schott. Interns are assigned to installations across the United States and Japan as well as in several European countries.

Interns have the support of 4-H Youth Development and the Cooperative Extension System, which offer educational resources needed to enhance child care and youth development programs, Schott said. The 4-H Youth Development program focuses on strengthening communities, in this case, military members and their families.

Interns are brought together for orientation before they are sent to their assigned site. Orientation is conducted in Indianapolis, where program guidelines, military culture and other topics related to military children, youth and families are covered. 

The interns live and work on military installations for 10 weeks to six months and receive a broad range of experiences from child care to youth center management. They are compensated with a stipend or an hourly wage, depending on the military branch in which they intern, Schott said.

For more information or to apply, visit the Military Extension Internship Program website at www.ag.purdue.edu/extension/military/Pages/default.aspx
7/21/2010