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PSEAS and Beyond Emma Steely Rising Southern Columbia Senior Borlaug Scholar What is PSEAS? Pennsylvania School for Excellence in the Agricultural Sciences Four-week residential program Located at University Park Two
Emma Steely Rising Southern Columbia Senior Borlaug Scholar
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Excellence in the Agricultural Sciences
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WEEK ONE: Plant Science and International Agriculture WEEK TWO: Animal Science and Environmental Resource Management WEEK THREE: Plant Pathology and Ecosystems Ecology
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Not Just Notes!
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Meeting with the Secretaries
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Pedro Rivera, Secretary of Education Russell Redding, Secretary
Patrick McDonnell, Secretary of Environmental Protection
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Service Learning Project
Three options:
Water Quality Lab
» Tested samples from scholar’s houses » Utilized Penn State’s ICP-MS and ICP-AES » Researched heavy metal Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) as regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Pennsylvania Youth Institute and the World Food Prize
Scholars were required to:
Once completed, students are considered Borlaug Scholars.
» Eligible for a paid internship at any USDA-run facility » Renewable every six years » Five out of thirty-nine students were selected to represent the Pennsylvania Youth Institute at the Global Youth Conference
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» October 17th-21st in Des Moines, Iowa » Penn State is covering flight costs Will have the opportunity to: » Present in front of world leaders » Meet with Nobel Prize Laureates » Interact with students from across the globe » Attend the World Food Prize Awards Ceremony » Tour state-of-the-art agricultural facilities » Apply for the Borlaug-Ruan International Internship
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Global Youth Institute
I was selected! YAY!!
Emma Steely