1. Student Engagement

Student Engagement

Branch Experiment Stations (BES) Research Internships

The Hermiston Agricultural Reserach and Extension Office is an active participate in Oregon States BES research internships for undergraduate students.  

More information is available on the OSU BES site, including upcoming projects and application deadlines. 

Academic advising, research training, professional counseling, mentoring

Our philosophy at the OSU and HAREC is to develop leaders in research, extension and outreach with a broad vision that integrates concepts in sustainable agriculture and natural resources.

In line with developing a comprehensive vision with the multi-disciplinary nature of the faculty at the HAREC, our students will pursue research projects in diverse fields such as:

  • Terrestrial Ecology
  • Crop Entomology
  • Microbiology/Plant Nutrition
  • Plant Biology/Biochemistry
  • Crop Improvement
  • Soil Science/Nitrogen Cycling
  • Plant Pathology
  • Aquatic Bio-assessment/Water Quality
  • Rural and Environmental Economics

Academic Advising, research training, professional counseling, mentoring, pipelining

Advising will involve regular meetings with students, individually and/or group, assisting each student in developing a course curriculum that meets all of the university and departmental requirements. Meetings will provide a means to monitor the progress of all of the students in their core proficiencies.

Faculty Involved

Professional Mentoring Committee

Greg Harris, Threemile Canyon, LLC; Josh Adkins (Syngenta); Steve Potts (Lamb Weston); Tom Drader (ConAgra); Matthew Blua (Washington State Potato Commission); Greg Silbernagel (Oregon Water Resources); Cheryl Shippentower (The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation); Tom Demianew (Oregon Department of Agriculture)

Activities: hands-on research, extension, teaching and other activities

Our training program will enhance the intellectual capital of students by training them in a multidisciplinary fashion and by working closely with stakeholders outside of the academic community. 

Students will graduate with a broad perspective of research, extension and outreach, an appreciation of the importance of local and regional stakeholder input into the development of research and extension programs.

Examples

Scientific meetings 

Extension Meetings