ATLANTA — Camryn Wilder, Texas A&M College, was awarded the Frank Perdue Scholarship Pupil of the 12 months in the course of the USPOULTRY Basis’s Faculty Pupil Profession Program, held at the side of the 2024 Worldwide Manufacturing & Processing Expo (IPPE).

The scholarship is called in Frank Perdue’s honor, for his dedication to aspiring younger folks finding out for careers within the poultry {industry}. Perdue was a long-time supporter of the Faculty Pupil Profession Program and attended this system and interviewed college students for a few years. Abigail Flores, Texas A&M College, and Zachery Keeter, North Carolina State College, had been acknowledged in second and third place.

“We obtained many high-caliber candidates this yr for the Pupil of the 12 months, making it troublesome to decide on a winner. It’s rewarding to see this program proceed to develop and expose proficient future leaders to the poultry and egg {industry},” stated Kevin McDaniel, senior vp and normal supervisor, Recent Division at Wayne-Sanderson Farms, USPOULTRY board member and Faculty Pupil Profession Program Advisory Committee chair.

College students additionally participated in Membership of the 12 months and Scrapbook of the 12 months competitions. North Carolina State College was named Membership of the 12 months, which relies on year-long actions and neighborhood engagement by the membership. Texas A&M College earned second place and Mississippi State College positioned third. Auburn College received the Scrapbook of the 12 months contest.

The USPOULTRY Faculty Pupil Profession Program is “one-of-a-kind” within the poultry {industry}, organizers famous, including that this system brings collectively firms and prime college students to interview for industry-related jobs and internships in a single location, throughout a three-day interval. This system includes college students from nationwide schools and universities and has been an important a part of many firms’ hiring course of for greater than 50 years.