{"id":1444,"date":"2022-10-24T21:53:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T21:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:27:41","slug":"texans-intern-at-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/2022\/10\/24\/texans-intern-at-state-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans Intern at State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written by Dr. Brant Poe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarleton State University\u2019s College of Agriculture &amp; Natural Resources provided high impact learning experiences to students via internships at the State Fair of Texas.&nbsp; Interns educated the public on Production Agriculture through the BigTex Farmyard and assisting various show operations during the Texas State Fair which ran from September 30, 2022 \u2013 October 23, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. &nbsp;Internships provide an opportunity for students to explore their career interests and gain professional experience prior to entering the workforce. Tarleton students worked alongside interns from Texas A&amp;M University and Texas Tech. Tarleton State University faculty and staff help with the various shows by serving as judges and superintendents of livestock and agricultural events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2022\/10\/Tarleton-Group-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Group of people smiling at the State Fair of Texas livestock area.\" class=\"wp-image-1445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2022\/10\/Tarleton-Group-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2022\/10\/Tarleton-Group-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2022\/10\/Tarleton-Group-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2022\/10\/Tarleton-Group-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2022\/10\/Tarleton-Group.jpg 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Left \u2013 Right:<br>Kylee Evans, Kaufman, Texas, Freshman -Animal Science<br>Brooklin Tingle, Forney, Texas, Senior -AGIA<br>Tanner McQuien, Sanger, Texas, Senior- AGIA<br>Karli Cromeans, Grandview, Texas, Senior-AGIA<br>Kennah Shoaf, Jonesboro, Texas, Sophomore-AGIA<br>Kasi Davis,&nbsp;Texas&nbsp;State Fair&nbsp;Operations&nbsp;Internship Coordinator,<br>Abbie Cates, Eustace,Texas, Senior Interdisciplinary Agriculture<br>Kayla Milholen, Waxahachie, Texas, Sophomore- Agriculture Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Dr. Brant Poe Tarleton State University\u2019s College of Agriculture &amp; Natural Resources provided high impact learning experiences to students via internships at the State Fair of Texas.&nbsp; Interns &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-giving","category-students"],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2022\/10\/Tarleton-Group-300x225.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/category\/giving\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giving<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/category\/students\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Students<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giving<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Students<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 24, 2022","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 24, 2022 9:53 pm","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2025 5:27 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Group of people smiling at the State Fair of Texas livestock area.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3715,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/3715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}