Rachel Miller
College of Agricultural Sciences
Student of the Month
April 2012 – Undergraduate Research
Rachel envisions her dream job as working to improve milk quality. She has actively sought involvement in the dairy industry through her internship experiences. She spent one summer at Tillamook Country Creamery Association in the lab learning techniques to identify mastitis pathogens, and another summer working at the Darigold plant in Spokane performing microbiological tests used to assess milk product quality and environmental sampling to assess plant cleanliness.
Rachel is earning an Honors Bachelor of Science in Food Science Technology and Microbiology with a minor in Chemistry, and expects to graduate in June 2012.
