Penn State University student Sarah Caldwell of Beaver Falls will serve as summer intern for the Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence.
Caldwell will assist the center in meeting the goals of the Pennsylvania Dairy Task Force and its five committees by coordinating programs, activities and events such as the Dairy Advocacy and Resource Team (DART) meetings and the June Dairy Month celebration at the Capitol. She will also provide communications support to the center throughout the summer.
Caldwell’s family operates a seasonal grazing herd of about 100 cows in Beaver County. She is the president of the Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Association and is a former Pennsylvania Dairy Princess. Also an accomplished dairy judge, Caldwell was a member of the first place 4-H team at World Dairy Expo last fall and will travel with the team to Europe this summer to compete in an international judging contest.
An active junior at Penn State University majoring in agribusiness management, Caldwell is an Ag Advocate and member of the Dairy Science Club, Alpha Zeta Fraternity and the National Agri-Marketing Association at Penn State. She will serve as chair of the OsteoChallenge Race at Penn State this fall, a 5K race that raises money for the National Osteoporosis Foundation.