Program Clues Ag
Students Into Careers
NEWARK, Del. From the
day a student enrolls in college to
the day diplomas are handed out,
one question continues to surface
what happens after graduation?
A new program initiated this
spring at the Univarsity of Dela
ware’s College of Agricultural
Sciences responds to the question.
“Uncover a Clue to Your
Future” is a program that provides
an opportunity for students to
meet and talk on an informal basis
with representatives from a wide
variety of agriculturally related
industries and graduate school
representatives.
Similar programs are offered
for other majors at the University
of Delaware. But the idea to focus
on a program specifically for agri
cultural sciences majors was
developed by Karen Roth, assis
tant to the dean of instruction in
the college of agricultural sci
ences, and Stephen Sciscione,
associate director of the universi
ty’s career planning and place
ment office.
‘The program was planned as
an exploration program, not a job
fair,” said Roth. “We wanted to
provide an opportunity for stu
dents in the agricultural sciences
to establish a network of contacts
and to gather information that may
lead to future employment"
Most hiring, explained Scis
cione, is done by personal contacts
established through this method,
known as networking. A person
to-person exchange provides grea
ter potential for job offers than
simply answering want ads and
employment notices.
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Roth, who is responsible for
developing and carrying out agri
cultural sciences recruitment
programs, said the networking
program is a valuable recruiting
tool.
“It’s one thing to decide upon a
particular area of study as a fresh
man and another to know what
opportunities are available after
graduation,” she said. “We devel
oped the career planning program
because we want students to
explore, discover, and focus on
future plans.”
Roth’s fall schedule is filled
with telephone calls, letters, and
visits to high school science and
agriculture teachers throughout
Delaware and other mid-Atlantic
states. She offers information and
requests to speak to interested stu
dents. Students generally apply
and are deciding which school to
attend by spring. That’s when the
focus of Roth’s work turns to lead
ing tours for prospective students
and their parents.
“The agenda of the tours is left
up to the students and their
parents,” said Roth. “Some are
interested in meeting faculty,
attending a class, or simply seeing
the campus. There are lots of
questions about academic studies,
and with the networking program,
we can point to a specific effort to
connect studies with future
opportunities.”
For further information on the
University of Delaware and die
College of Agricultural Sciences,
contact the College of Agricultur
al Sciences. 133 Townsend Hall,
Newark, DE 19717-1303.
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