Make the Move

It was April of my senior year of high school and I worked for my county fair. One early Saturday morning we were tagging in steers and a bunch of us seniors were talking about our plans for the following fall. I shared my plan to go to a junior college in Central California to … Read more

Coming to UW in the Real World

This one goes out to those of you coming into the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources virtually. I feel for you. Due to the current state of the world, your first semester (at least) at the University of Wyoming is being spent behind a computer screen. This is a challenge I never had to … Read more

Ag will always be essential

When I graduated high school, I was at a dinner party with friends and family to celebrate the event. A classmate’s grandfather and I began to talk, and he asked me about my plans for the future. I explained to him that I was attending the University of Wyoming to study Agriculture Business (which has … Read more

Positive Perceptions in the Global Pandemic

In the midst of this current global pandemic deriving from the novel Coronavirus, the entire globe is presented with a newfangled set of challenges and uncertainties about the future. While it is relatively easy to figuratively throw your hands in the air in defeat at the thought of pervasive health scares, volatility of the economy, … Read more

That’s Outside My Boat

At the beginning of this pandemic my sales professor shared a story that had a profound impact on my perspective towards the current situation we find ourselves in. The story begins with Charlie Jones, a successful sportscaster who has covered several Olympic games throughout his career. For the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, he was … Read more