Fun people, free food, and good networking – that is what the Agribusiness/NAMA (National Agricultural Marketing Association) Club is all about!
An advantage of being a student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State is being given the opportunity to be involved in clubs. Just within CALS, there are over 44 different clubs and organizations students can choose from! Clubs differ not only in their meeting schedules, but also their overall purpose. This gives CALS students the opportunity to become involved in an area that truly interests them. However, the main purpose of CALS clubs is to challenge students scholastically, engage students in service events, and promote networking for possible internship and job opportunities.
One of the clubs I am involved in on campus is the Agribusiness/NAMA Club, the club for students studying Agricultural Business Management in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics. Here is an overview of what the club does: we meet every other Monday evening, there is free food served for all club members, we have at least one service event and one social event every semester, and we help with the Maola milk book at the State Fair (in the fall) as a fundraising event. We also have a professional within the agricultural industry speak about their job at every meeting, and we have an end of the semester banquet where we celebrate the successes of the semester.
The premier aspect of the club, in my opinion, is the opportunity to learn about different internship and job availabilities as we have different speakers at each club meeting. These speakers represent different aspects of the agribusiness industry. Through the networking that takes place between students and business representatives at our club meetings, it is very easy to obtain an internship; at the very least, we can obtain information about internship opportunities. Internships are key because they help a person to figure out if a specific career is ‘right’ for them. If all goes well during an internship, a job might be offered to the student once they graduate. To me, this sounds like a pretty good deal for college students!
However, the Agribusiness/NAMA Club is not the only club that promotes and focuses on networking in CALS. Explore the following website to see a complete listing of all the clubs CALS has to offer: http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/academic/index.cfm?pageID=395
This is just another reason, among the million, that I love being a student in CALS at NCSU!
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