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Recent Grad Opportunities
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JOB OPPORTUNITY
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. Website:http://www.hilmarcheese.com Jobs:https://www.linkedin.com/company/hilmar-cheese-company/ A leading producer of wholesome dairy products that contribute to the success of all stakeholders. State-of-the art production facilities in California and Texas convert high-quality milk received from local independent dairy farms into a variety of nutritious cheese and whey ingredients. The company specializes Read more…
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Cali Water Ag YouTube Channel
Created by Vicky Espinoza The purpose of this YouTube channel is to engage small agricultural operators and disadvantaged community members in the Central Valley around the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), the first law in California to effectively regulate groundwater with wide ranging impacts. Espinoza translated the educational videos into Spanish Read more…
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USDA News
USDA funded $1 MILLION to FARMERS Professor Rudy Ortiz has received $1 million from the USDA to continue his successful FARMERS program, which focuses on undergraduate research training in agriculture-related sciences and features outreach to younger students to get them excited about becoming the next generation of scientists. To learn Read more…
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Apply today: Congressional internship program
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute invites applications 2022 Congressional Internship Application Deadlines: All applications launch: July 15 Spring 2022 Internships: Program Dates: January 24 – April 15, 2022 Application Deadline: October 11, 2021 Summer 2022 Internships: Program Dates: May 31 – August 5, 2022 Application Deadline: December 1, 2021 (standing deadline) Read more…
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USDA Announces Commitment to Strengthen Hispanic-serving Higher Education Institutions
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2021 – The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh, along with USDA leadership, met today with representatives from Hispanic-serving Institutions to launch the first in a series of virtual roundtable engagement sessions with Minority-serving Institutions and Land-grant Universities serving underrepresented Read more…
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Want to work for the federal government?
The Presidential Management Fellows Program The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program is the federal government’s premier leadership development program for advanced degree candidates across all disciplines. It is a two-year fellowship with full salary and benefits leading to a career in the federal government. The program works with over 100 Read more…
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NSF Gold: Sparks for Change Opportunity
Are you an early career faculty member from a group traditionally underrepresented in the geosciences who is looking to maximize your broadening participation efforts without compromising your science career? Are you a senior faculty member who has hired a new faculty member from an underrepresented group and wants to support Read more…
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SGMA and CaliWaterAg Solutions
After decades of inequity, this woman is bringing long-overlooked voices to California’s land and water decisions By Anna Schiller, EDF Originally published on Environmental Defense Fund blog Vicky Espinoza is on a mission. Vicky is passionate about making sure rural, low-income communities and small-scale farmers have a say in land-use Read more…