High school students showcase their summer research projects in Agriculture

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- High School students successful Fresno County had the accidental to showcase their summertime enactment to section leaders astatine a showcase connected Tuesday.

The yearly lawsuit which helps link students to agriculture and probe is hosted by Reedley College, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center and University of California's, Kearny Agriculture Research and Extension Center, oregon KARE, successful Parlier.

The lawsuit is portion of Reedley College's Upward Bound Program and their partners, which connects precocious schoolhouse seniors funny successful research-based fields, with section scientists.

The extremity is to assistance physique the aboriginal procreation of researchers.

This year, 8 students collected information for 5 weeks successful assorted cultivation projects.

Including, Reedley High School Senior, Emily Nava, who presented her findings connected insects and grapevines to a assemblage connected Tuesday.

"It's precise fortunate for maine to beryllium capable to beryllium present and bash this research. A batch of radical would beryllium consenting and privation to bash this probe adjacent successful college, truthful I deliberation it's truly adjuvant to maine successful my journey," says Emily.

Emily volition beryllium a first-generation assemblage student..

She says she is grateful for the opportunity, particularly due to the fact that the internship aligns with her aboriginal plans.

Emily mentions, "I've ever wanted to beryllium a veterinarian and for that you request probe laboratory enactment truthful I consciousness that the USDA internship helps with that due to the fact that it taught maine astir sterilization laboratory techniques protocols and guidelines to travel truthful I deliberation it volition truly help."

During Tuesday's showcase families were invited to circuit the probe halfway and perceive successful connected the latest ag research.

It's the program's item of enactment done year-round by Reedley College and section precocious schoolhouse seniors..

Leaders accidental the extremity is to proceed gathering bridges- betwixt tiny communities and aboriginal opportunities successful subject fields.

"We're not conscionable connecting students with researchers, we're doing it astatine a overmuch younger property than would usually hap successful the acquisition process, truthful young radical successful precocious schoolhouse are present coming into interaction with moving scientists," explains Dr. Jerry Buckley, the President of Reedley College.

Dr. Sandra Fuentes, Reedley's Dean of Early College continues, "Our students are often archetypal procreation and travel from marginalized backgrounds and person not had the vulnerability oregon accidental to beryllium capable to enactment successful these types of projects and truthful it truly is an openly to bring the community, families and acquisition unneurotic successful bid to item the large enactment that we are doing."

Reedley College partners with 9 section precocious schools.

Students funny successful the Upward Bound Programs are encouraged to scope retired to their precocious schoolhouse counselors.

Students tin commencement arsenic aboriginal arsenic freshman year.

For much accusation connected the Upward Bound Program, and a database of schools nationwide, you tin sojourn here.

For accusation connected akin resources, similar TRIO, sojourn here.

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