{"id":59738,"date":"2021-05-12T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59738"},"modified":"2021-05-12T09:02:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:02:10","slug":"scarborough-advocates-for-agriculture-and-builds-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59738","title":{"rendered":"Scarborough advocates for agriculture and builds career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four years ago, Sathena Scarborough climbed on board the Fort Hays State University Admissions\u2019 Nebraska bus trip, beginning a journey that would help her step outside her comfort zone and find her college home in Hays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This spring, her work with the Ellis and\nTrego County Farm Bureaus earned them the state New Horizon Education Award.\nScarborough will cross the commencement stage this week, graduating with dual\ndegrees in animal science and agriculture business. Following graduation, she will\nimmediately start her new career as a grain merchandising trainee with Gavilon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI first came for the affordable\ntuition,\u201d Scarborough said. “On my first visit, they drove me out to the\nuniversity farm, and we talked about my future plans. I could tell the faculty\ncared and were going to help me achieve my goals.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A self-described reserved and quiet\nperson, Scarborough grew up on a farm in central Nebraska, participating in 4-H\nand FFA. Although she always had a passion for agriculture, she never imagined\nthat she would come to FHSU and grow to be an advocate for agriculture and\neducation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scarborough got involved on campus as\nsoon as she arrived, joining the Collegiate Farm Bureau chapter and Sigma\nAlpha, a professional agriculture sorority. She credits both organizations with\nproviding opportunities for her to grow professionally and academically while\nbuilding lifelong friendships and network connections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focused on sharing agriculture with\nstudents, Scarborough began working with Stephanie Eckroat, KFB County\nCoordinator, to help prepare and deliver Ag in the Classroom lesson plans and\nactivities. Agriculture in the Classroom is a nationwide program sponsored by\nthe American Farm Bureau Federation to improve agricultural literacy among\nPreK-12 teachers and their students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Students today are often three to\nfour generations removed from farming, and they don’t necessarily know where\nmilk comes from or how the food they eat ends up on their plate,”\nScarborough said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to come up with different ways to connect with\nstudents and share about farming \u2013 something I\u2019m passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eckroat, Scarborough, and other CFB\nvolunteers prepare age-appropriate lesson plans for educators and after-school\nprograms in Ellis and Trego counties. Before the pandemic, they visited\nclassrooms to help educators complete an agriculture-centric educational\nactivity and to share a nutritious snack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When COVID-19 forced the move to online\neducation in Kansas, the team quickly pivoted from providing on-site classroom\ninstruction to producing virtual farm and agriculture tour videos reaching more\nthan 25,000 viewers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never thought this was something I\nwould do, but it\u2019s a great opportunity,\u201d Scarborough said. “It’s hard to\ncome up with new ways to connect, but I’ve learned patience, creativity, and an\nability to problem-solve that will stay with me as a merchandiser.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scarborough has accepted a position as a\ngrain merchandising trainee, a role she learned about through an FHSU Career\nFair and interviewed for online during the COVID-19 pandemic. While there are\nmany concerns about the future of the economy, there is still high demand for\nskilled agriculture business graduates like Scarborough.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As students, we’ve had a lot of\nchallenges thrown at us over the last year, but we’ve learned to roll with them\nand still achieve our goals,” Scarborough stated. “We’ve learned how\nto be more flexible and adapt to provide the same opportunities we would in a\nnormal year such as the career fair. We’ve had incredible guest speakers,\ncontinued to build relationships, and it’s rewarding to see our student\norganizations grow and thrive.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scarborough will begin her grain\nmerchandising career in Wichita and is excited about the challenge. No matter\nwhere she goes, Scarborough is confident she will have the support of her\nfaculty and peer network and will remain involved in advocating for agriculture\nby utilizing the skills she learned and utilized at FHSU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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