Master of Agribusiness Fall 2016, Issue 1

Agribusiness Students Attend Women in

Agribusiness Conference

Four MAB students, Katie Padilla, Claudette Reyes, Priya Sivakumar, and Devon Smolak, recently attend-ed the Women in Agribusiness conference with the director of the MAB program, Dr. Victoria Salin.

Katie Padilla said, “Mostly the biggest take away that I left the conference with is that whenever you're trying to network, you can't be afraid to just walk up to some-one and strike up a conversation. You never know who you are going to meet and also who the both of you may know in common, which can later down the road create a long-term relationship. Attending the confer-ence helped me to further my horizons as to where I might want to go within Agribusiness, just because of how diversified all of the women there were. I made several really great contacts that have led to internship interviews. I also learned from the women there to nev-er be afraid of being a woman at the table because what you have to say is just as important, but most im-portantly you are the holder of your success so if someone doesn't hear you or isn't listening then it is your responsibility to speak up."

Claudette Reyes commented on the conference by saying, “I had the opportunity to network with some powerful and inspiring women along with the other stu-dents who were there. We were fortunate enough to

Christina Hilliard Joins Agribusiness

Program Staff

By: Devon Smolak

Welcome to Christina Hilliard, who recently accepted the position of program manager for the Master of Ag-ribusiness program! Christina, from Houston, had previously worked as program manager at MD Ander-son, for the Department of Continuing Medical Educa-tion. Certifying events for continuing medical educa-tion credit and conference planning allowed Christina

MAB Program Ranked 7 in the World

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Several MAB students pose for a picture in Chicago

while at the Women in Agribusiness conference.

hear from some women from different fields in agricul-ture. Hearing from all these women made me realize there’s much more to agriculture than just the basic business components. By the end of the conference I realized I shouldn’t limit myself to one area of interest, but to really keep an open mind. These women really inspired me to never let anyone or anything discourage me from finding out what my passion is in agriculture.”

Devon Smolak added, “Always take the opportunity to travel when you can because the field of agribusiness is extremely diverse and there are sectors that interest you which you would never even think of by staying in one area. You can learn more from the people you con-verse with than by searching Google. Come for the net-working, of course, but if that doesn’t sell you, stay for the food.”

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Dr. Josling later presented the “Inter-American Devel-

opment Bank (IDB) Agrimonitor Policy Resource

Launch” to students and faculty. The presentation

covered detailed policy data over several years for 20

countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region.

Students attend Dr. Timothy Josling’s presentation.

Students and faculty pose for a picture with Dr.

Josling after his presentation

Christina Hilliard Joins Agribusiness

Program Staff

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When asked how she knew TAMU was the place she wanted to be, Christina stated, “I was glad to be part of a state institution, especially one with the reputa-tion of Texas A&M. I want to be proud of the place I work for.” What is Christina’s favorite TAMU tradi-tion? “Of course football games are #1. But I’ve been going to ring days and graduations for years; I am proud to see people make such great accom-plishments.” Christina knows A&M, but to get to know her, we asked one icebreaker: If you were famous, what would you be famous for? Christina answered proudly, “If I were famous, I would be famous for bass fishing. My passion is fishing. I used to do a lot of saltwater fishing when I lived in Houston, now I do freshwater fishing. I prefer catching the bigger fish.” In case you were wondering, her biggest bass was 8-9 lbs. Congratulations on the new position, Christina Hilliard, and welcome to the Aggie community! You can reach Christina by telephone at 979-458-5539, or in room 210E of the AGLS Building.

Agrimonitor Policy Resource Launch

Dr. Timothy Josling of Stanford University visited cam-

pus on Friday, October 21st. During his visit, he met

with both faculty and students.

Graduating MABs

The biggest achievement of the semester is

Graduation. MABs who will graduate in December

2016 are:

Andrew Buch

Desiree Cano

Juan Pablo Dalmau Ramia

Julie Hromcik

Tory Matthys

Katerina McDermit

Lauren Ostrowski

David Salinas, Jr.

Jeffrey Sealy

Reed Singletary

Thomas Stewart

Congratulations to the Class of 2016!

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Upcoming Events

Tailgate AgriLife Center Saturday, October 29th 3:30 p.m. Fieldtrip to Sexing Technologies and Producers

Coop *Contact Rodrigo Abed, if interested Friday, November 4th 8:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m. Thanksgiving break Thursday, November 24th Friday, November 25th Commencement Friday, December 16th 2:00 p.m. in Reed Arena

Study Abroad Photo Contest

MAB students submitted several entries to the Col-

lege of Ag/Life Sciences Study Abroad photo con-

test.

The contest runs from November 14-18. Support

the MAB program by going to www.facebook.com/

TxAandM.AgLife.StudyAbroad and “like” the photos

during the contest.