Congratulations to Christine McFarland and Ryan O’Leary on their summer internships with East Central/Select Sires.
McFarland will serve as the communications intern, while O’ Leary will be the member service intern. As the communications intern, McFarland will assist in a variety of projects involving writing, editing and graphic design, and will represent East Central/Select Sires at various events throughout the summer. O’ Leary will be out in the field working one-on-one with the cooperatives customers. He will be performing artificial insemination services, as well as working with large herd tail chalking operations. He will also gain experience with the Select Reproductive Solutions and Select Mating Services programs.
McFarland is a junior at UW-Madison double majoring in Dairy Science and Life Sciences Communication. She grew up on a 375-cow dairy farm in Watertown, Wis. She is a member of the Badger Dairy Club, Collegiate Farm Bureau and serves as the website coordinator for the Association of Women in Agriculture. McFarland plans to graduate in the spring of 2013 and pursue a career in the dairy industry.
O’Leary is a senior at UW-Madison majoring in dairy science with a business emphasis. He was born and raised on a registered Holstein dairy farm near Brandon. As a student, he is active in Badger Dairy Club, is a member of the UW-Madison Dairy Judging Team and is president of Babcock House. He is a student coordinator at the Dairy Cattle Center and is Co-Chairman of the Grounds Committee at World Dairy Expo. In 2011, his dairy judging team won the Accelerated Genetics Collegiate Dairy Judging Contest and he was 2nd place individual overall.
Source:East Central/Select Sires