Dreams abound!

Hello all!

I'm a day late and a dollar short, but I'm finally getting around to posting my portion on the public horticulture blog. If I haven't been introduced, I'm Kira Chaloupka and in the Fab Five co-hort. Though I'm in the program I have a slightly different role... I work in the Dean's office for the College of Agriculture as the Graduate Assistant of Recruitment and Alumni Relations. In short, I work with students, both prospective and current, as well as those who used to be. I love the opportunity I've been given to share my experiences and further promote both Horticulture and Agriculture. Here are a few things I've been involved with...

School started with a bang and to embrace our love of food and fellowship, we hosted a Welcome Back picnic for all of our students in the college. The student organizations set up shop and promoted their club. We had a great time mixing and mingling!

 

 

 I also get assigned to random tasks, such as checking web recording devices and programs. To do this I requested the assistance of one of our students workers, Nettie Eakes, to help me test it out! Here we are at "Mission Control" located in the basement of Comer. For the practice run, we displayed items up for auction at Ag Round like this nice welding mask.

 

 

 My big project for the year is coordinating the Ag Exploration Days, which are hosted across the state at various experiment stations, where we talk with prospective students about all the opportunities presented through the College. Below, you can see some of the Ag Ambassadors helping students make ice cream. I've been to Clanton and Fairhope with expectations to be in North Alabama next week, and closer to home later in November.

Representing AU College of Agriculture and its many majors in Fairhope

As you can tell, I do quite a bit of traveling. But I spend my fair share of time in the office and my recent addition to my desk is Herbie! He was given to me by my super awesome boss!!

He's the brown one on the left, admiring his future blue home!



The last thing I want to share is the dream board... where ideas are chased and inspiration comes to life! We've marked off a few things, with plenty left to seek.  

 

 

Classes are moving on, my research is coming together (which I will hopefully speak on next time), and work passes the months, which I can't believe it's almost October!

 

This is short and sweet, but gives you a little glimpse into my life as a graduate assistant. I've got to run and prepare to leave bright and early in the morning...

 

Happy Friday!

KC