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ANIMAL SCIENCE COMMUNITYALLIANCE

PURPOSE:

The Animal Science Community Alliance (ASCA) is a leadership group comprised of sophomores, juniors and seniors in the Department of Animal Sciences. Each member will serve as a small group leader in the required ANSCI 2700 course, assist in the recruitment of high school students, and be engaged in the planning of departmental and/or college events to build community like the CFAES Back 2 School Bash.

QUALIFICATIONS:

♦ Full-time student majoring in animal sciences, animal nutrition or meat science

♦ Sophomore, junior or senior rank after this spring semester (May 2014)

♦Completion of ANIM SCI 2700 (if you started at Ohio State AU’13)

♦Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0

♦ Positive attitude and strong work ethic

♦ Appreciate students with a variety of interests, backgrounds, and career goals

♦ Excellent communication skills & dedication to the team

♦Enthusiasm!

Students that will be competing on a judging team need to identify dates that they will be absent in the upcoming academic year prior to the interview process, if chosen to interview.

MEMBERSHIP EXPECTATIONS:

♦Attend the training & team building retreat August 18th – 21st (Monday – Thursday)

♦Attend all team meetings each Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 am (unless stated otherwise)

♦Attend and lead all ANSCI 2700 recitation sessions during the last 7 weeks of the fall semester (Thursday’s 4:10-5:05 pm), and the first 7 weeks of spring semester (Thursday’s 4:35-5:25 pm)

♦Actively participate in the recruitment of high school students into the department through events, emails, phone-a-thons, online chats, and strategic mailings

♦Assist in the planning and implementation of the CFAES Back 2 School Bash

♦Create implement events to bring a sense of community

SELECTION PROCESS:

♦Complete an application by Monday, March 24th and submit to

♦Applicants will be notified byMarch 31stif they’ve been selected for an interview

♦Accepted candidates will serve a one-year term starting May 1st

Contact Mariette Benage at 614-292-7156 or benage.1 if you have questions.

ANIMAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

FALL 2014 – SPRING 2015 APPLICATION

DUE: Monday, March 24th by email to

INSTRUCTIONS: CLICK ON FIRST TEXT FIELD TO BEGIN APPLICATION.

USE TAB KEY TO MOVE BETWEEN TEXT FIELDS.

  1. FIRST NAME: LAST NAME:
  2. EMAIL:
  3. PHONE NUMBER:
  4. HOME CITY: HOME STATE:
  5. RANKAFTER THIS SEMESTER:SophomoreJuniorSenior
  6. CUMUMLATIVE GPA:
  7. MAJOR:ANIMAL SCIENCE ANIMAL NUTRITION MEAT SCIENCE
  8. CHECK IF YOU ARE AN HONORS STUDENT OR SCHOLARS STUDENT
  9. NAME OF ACADEMIC ADVISOR:
  10. WERE YOU A TRANSFER STUDENT?YESNO
  11. WHAT BEST DESCRIBES WHERE YOU’RE FROM?

Small or Large FarmRural, Non-FarmSmall Town

SuburbLarge City

  1. ANIMAL INTEREST:Beef Companion Dairy Equine

Exotic Poultry Sheep Swine

  1. HAVE YOU COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP?YESNO

If “YES”, Where? When?

  1. HAVE YOU STUDIED ABROAD?YESNO
  2. IF YOU ANSWERED “NO” TO #14, ARE YOU PLANNING TO? YESNO

If “YES”, Where? When?

  1. HAVE YOU COMPLETED A RESEARCH PROJECT?YES NO

If “NO” are you planning on completing one this next year? YES NO

  1. PLEASE LIST ALL CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN DURING THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR WITH OFFICER POSITION, IF RELEVANT:

Organization:Officer Position:

Organization:Officer Position:

Organization:Officer Position:

Organization:Officer Position:

Organization:Officer Position:

Organization: Officer Position:

  1. WILL YOU HAVE A PART-TIME JOB DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR?YES NO

If so, how many hours will you plan on working each week?

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

  1. If you were to mentor a first-year student, what would be the 5 most important pieces of advice you would give them and why?
  1. If you called a prospective high school student and they told you they were apprehensive about coming to Ohio State because of the size, what would you tell them?
  1. How would you contribute to the department in terms of creating a welcoming community/environment in and outside of the classroom?
  1. What are your career goals?
  1. Why do you love this department?