Agricultural and Extension Education Graduate Student Association

Happy New Year 2022 to Everyone! To end 2021 in a good way, our AEE students and faculty gathered in person to celebrate all good things done and recharge energy for this new semester!

We are glad to tell you about this new initiative. Please join us next week!!

Join me to congratulate Carson Letot and Carolyn Henzi P because both won an outstanding research award at the NC-AAAE 2021 conference last week! They got 1st and 2nd place respectively! Congratulations!!!

Part of the AEE team (faculty and students) attended the NC-AAAE 2021 at Columbus, OH.
Alejandro Gil Aguirre led a round table titled "Diffusion of Innovations in Agriculture."
Carson Letot presented an innovative poster titled "The Climate Change Curriculum Challenge: Crowdsourcing novel topics in climate change
science education from current secondary educators.
Carson Letot, Rachna Tewari, Melanie Miller Foster, Daniel Foster"
and a research poster titled "Online youth global learning program: Educator perceptions
Carson Letot Dr. Laura Rice, Dr. Melanie Miller Foster, Thomas Gabel, Dr. Daniel Foster"
Carolyn Henzi P presented a research poster titled "Relationship between Farmers’ Occupational Stress on Career Commitment in a Pandemic
Context
Carolyn Henzi P, Dr. Suzanna Windon,
Daniel J Robotham and Suzanna Windon exposed an oral presentation titled "Assessing Pennsylvania Farmers’ Quality of Life and Leadership Competencies for Developing an
Extension Program".
Additionally, Dr. Rama Radhakrishna behalf of Mallen Marlowe, presented a research poster titled "Formative Evaluation of Mentoring Project Activities: Implications for Professional Development
and Evaluation Capacity Building."

Today's Spotlight, Graef!
We want to congrats her on her successful Master Thesis Defense!
It was titled THE BIs THAT P*s PROMISE: IDENTIFYING BROADER IMPACT ACTIVITIES PROPOSED IN ABSTRACTS FOR COMPETITIVELY FUNDED AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

Her committee members were:
-Daniel Foster, Committee Chair, Associate Professor of Agricultural & Extension Education
-Tracy Hoover, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Professor of Agricultural & Extension Education
-Kathleen Hill, Director, Center for Science and the Schools, Associate Professor of Science Education, College of Education.
Here is the link for her defense:
https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/rec/WN_0B2pp0-EQHmNpdwJXTUpsg?meetingId=RMQfXlJYQPkFtHKwrI19cpmRjPo_lnSCGW5e7Pj2Ri8AqmQe5AH0XiLafV-0DL7S.e1gM_g65ye4eHsxQ&playId=&action=play&_x_zm_rtaid=k_TcPjXpSWuJY6P0lSprXA.1622005650173.d9a6b627fb0de0134c49888671e5057f&_x_zm_rhtaid=333

Today's spotlight! Join us to congrats, Carolyn, because she won 2nd Place at the Gamma Sigma Delta Conference 2021 in the excellence research in social sciences award.
Congratulations Carolyn!

Today's Spotlight!
Kaila Thorn is a senior Ph.D. student in our program. She received the Paul Hand Graduate Student Teaching Award!!!
Please join us to congrats her!

Today's Spotlight!
Flood is a Master's Student in our department and she received the Gamma Sigma Delta Social Science and Human Behavior award for "Extended
Contract Beliefs of Pennsylvania Agriculture Teachers" (1st Place) and Graduate School Exhibition Research
Poster in Social and Behavioral Science award for "Extended Contract Beliefs of Pennsylvania Agriculture
Teachers" (2nd Place).
Join us to congrats her!!

Here is her presentation! https://gradschool.psu.edu/exhibitionpresentations/2021/Extended-Contract-Beliefs-of-Pennsylvania-Agriculture-Teachers/?fbclid=IwAR0CxTYG1mUE46p-S0XD5WaB1lfUBq-_Pg2IUCLwuRS_f1C33pOilrou8C4

Please join Alejandro Gil Aguirre in the first virtual Graduate Exhibition! Presentations will be open until tomorrow!

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Please join Flood in the first virtual Graduate Exhibition! Presentations will be open until tomorrow!

Extended Contract Beliefs of Pennsylvania Agriculture Teachers The Penn State Graduate School website is best experienced in Firefox or Google Chrome. It is highly recommended that you use an alternative browser.

Please join Russell in the first virtual Graduate Exhibition! Presentations will be open until tomorrow!

FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES: TRENDS IN A COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE The Penn State Graduate School website is best experienced in Firefox or Google Chrome. It is highly recommended that you use an alternative browser.

Please join Carolyn Henzi P in the first virtual Graduate Exhibition! Presentations will be open until tomorrow!

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Please join Carson Letot in the first virtual Graduate Exhibition! Presentations will be open until tomorrow!

GLAGcreates: Poetry as a Medium for Food Security Education. The Penn State Graduate School website is best experienced in Firefox or Google Chrome. It is highly recommended that you use an alternative browser.

Here is Alejandro Gil Aguirre's poster presented in the 1er virtual Gamma Sigma Delta. Thanks to all our Graduate Students for presenting!

Some of our Graduate Students presented in the first virtual Gamma Sigma Delta Exhibition, yesterday!
Here are some of their posters!
Russell, Carson Letot, Carolyn Henzi P , Flood, Alejandro Gil Aguirre, Assan, Kaila Thorn

We want to publicly congrats Russell, who successfully passed her master's thesis defense last week! Congrats Jana! WE ARE proud of you!

Two of our graduate students, Carolyn Henzi P and Daniel Robotham will present on this Leadership Training for Hispanic Farm Supervisors, a series of workshops in Spanish that will start this Friday 15th, followed by two other sessions on Friday 22th and 29th.
On Friday 22th, Carolyn Henzi P will present Managing Stress. This workshop will help participants develop strategies to deal with stress related to farm management. The workshop will also provide exercises and demonstrations of stress management techniques.

Friday 29th, Carolyn Henzi P will present Managing for Trust. Developing your management ability is a gradual process. It includes both formal training and practical experience.
Daniel Robotham will present a Mentoring Toolkit. This course is designed to give mentoring strategies in the context of leadership for supervisors.
Registration Fee is FREE!

Leadership Training for Hispanic Farm Supervisors Learn about the many roles and responsibilities the come along with being a farm labor manager.

The last student of our cluster to introduce is Justin Heasley! He is also in his first year of the master's program, and he is a smart and hard-worker student in our department.

Today is Daniel's turn! Daniel Robotham is doing his first year of the master's program. He is a creative, social, and smart student in our department.

Kendra's turn! Today we introduce Kendra Flood. She just finished her first semester in our department. She is friendly and smart. Here she is!

Here is Carson Letot! He is in his first year of the Ph.D. program. He is a smart student in our department.

Today is Jana's turn! Jana Russell is a fun, kind, and creative student in our department Here she is!

Here is Mallen Marlowe!! He is smart, kind, and friendly. Everyone loves him.

Today is Carolyn's turn! Carolyn Henzi is a very social and creative student in our department. She will receive her master's degree today! She decided to continue in our Ph.D. program. Here she is!

Today, we have Elsie Assan!! She is great, smart, and a super mom!

Today is Alejandro's turn! Alejandro Gil is smart, nice, and a good friend in our department.

Today, we want to introduce Kaila Thorn. She is the oldest graduate student in our cluster; thus, she is well-known and loved in our department.

Before the semester ends we will introduce the AEE graduate students 2020-2021

We would like to congratulate Rose Gawryla, M.S. and Mariah Stollar, M.S. on their graduation! Both of these ladies graduated on Saturday with a Master of Science in Agricultural and Extension Education.

We are so proud of and thankful for all you’ve done for our department, and we know you’ll go on to do great things. 🎓🎉💙

Student Mariah Stollar and her advisor Dr. Suzanna Windon share leadership tips related to growth and hope for these challenging times.

Growth and Hope: A Recipe for Optimism and Organizational Success This article will help foster an optimistic and successful mindset among your employees and volunteers within your organization.

Are you, or do you know, an agricultural professional in Pennsylvania? Do you want to learn more about enhancing your leadership skills and your team's performance? If so, sign up for Penn State Extension Leadership Network's workshop-see link below!

Master's student Mariah Stollar will be teaching "Enhancing Your Mentoring Toolbox" as part of this event.

Cultivating Leadership: Creating a Powerful Team Webinar Tips on enhancing your farming operation, and building a solid agricultural team.

This week, Mariah Stollar and Rose Gawryla defended their master’s projects. Mariah’s thesis was titled “Examining Factors Affecting Youth Value of Mindful Living and a Mindfulness Program Evaluation Among Participants at Pennsylvania and Ohio 4-H Camps.” Rose’s thesis was titled “Science Citizenship through Secondary Agricultural Education.” Mariah and Rose will graduate with an M.S. in May.

Congratulations, ladies! Well done.🎓🎊🎉

This month, the GSA had a group lunch outing at Hiway Pizza. The group also met yesterday to discuss conferences and collaboration opportunities to work with other graduate students. The GSA prides itself on being both a professional and social organization-we work hard, but also have fun!

Mariah Stollar presented her mentoring curricula "Enhancing Your Mentoring Toolbox" at the Mid Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Convention in Hershey, PA as part of her assistantship duties with the Emerging Leaders in Agriculture grant.

This week's student spotlight is master's student Darius "Fuzzy" Williams-McKenzie. He completed his undergrad at Penn State in 2018 and his academic interest is in NPHC Organizations and its effects on Agriculture and Extension. A fun fact about Darius: he is a Beaver Stadium Jumbo tron camera man!

We are glad you are part of our department, Darius!

Our next student spotlight is PhD student Mallen Lamar Marlowe. Mallen is from Holden Beach, North Carolina. His hobbies include listening to music and learning languages. His research interests include Mentorship, Diversity Recruitment and Retention, and Program Development.

Mallen has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and management from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke and a master of science degree in agricultural education from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

We are thankful for the expertise and enthusiasm you bring to our department, Mallen!

Our next student spotlight is Farhan Sadique. Farhan is a PhD student in Department of Workforce Education and Development, who is also working as a research assistant in Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education. He recently presented a research poster at the Penn State Rural Studies Student Conference in November 2019. He was also accepted for a peer reviewed poster presentation in AHRD International Conference in February, 2020 in Atlanta, GA. Farhan's research interests include Changes in Retail Business, Workforce Training and Development, Human Capital, and Impact of Technological Advancement.

We are glad to have you as part of our department, Farhan!

Halima Gbaguidi presented a poster on youth engagement in West Africa for the rural sociology conference in November. Here are some photos of her presenting her research at the HUB-Robeson Center. Halima said she had a great experience sharing her work with others.

Great job, Halima!

Our next student spotlight is Katie Davenport. Katie is from McHenry, Illinois. She has research interests in program evaluation, implementation science, and technology-based interventions.

A fun fact about Katie... She loves to travel, cook (and eat!) and garden.

Katie had a busy summer and fall semester:
-She worked on analyses for her dissertation all summer.
-She collaborated on one article that was published (and a few others are under review): Aronson, K.R., Perkins, D.F., Morgan, N.R., Bleser, J.,Davenport, K., Vogt, D., Copeland, L.A., Finley, E. P., & Gilman, C. L. (2019). Going it alone: Post-9/11 veterans nonuse of healthcare and social service programs during their early transition to civilian life. Journal of Social Science Research. 1-14.
-She took a road trip through Ireland for 2-weeks for fun. The second photo is near Lauragh in the Beara Peninsula.
-She defended her dissertation this October.

Congrats on all your hard work, Katie!

Our next student spotlight is PhD student Joseph Cho. This is his first semester in the program. His research interests include International Agriculture, Program Development, Youth Development, and Program Evaluation.

When asked why he is excited to be part of AEE, he stated: "I am excited because it is a new adventure. New people, new setting, and new learning ,among other things."

We are glad to have you share your talents with our program, Joe! Best of luck as you pursue your degree.