The Fall CAFNR/Arts and Science Career Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Mizzou Arena (note location and time change from previous years). Connect with companies eager to hire Mizzou CAFNR Tigers! Explore full-time and internship opportunities for all majors at Mizzou.
- Visit Handshake to see employers.
- Download the Career Fair Plus App from the App Store or Google Play to access employers, job openings and the majors they’re recruiting. The app will also provide a fair map about a week before the event.
- Employers: register for your booth
Adrian Dunivan
Hometown: O’Fallon, Missouri
Junior, Biochemistry, Minor in Creative Writing
Virology Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
During an internship in the virology lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Adrian Dunivan worked with lab-created and naturally occurring West Nile virus to test replication rates in cells with and without mutagens. Dunivan found this opportunity on the National Science Foundation website, which houses many applications for research internships that include on-campus housing, dining plans and stipends.
“I liked learning about virology — even though I don’t think it’s my calling — I’m glad I got the opportunity to explore it and dip my toes into a field I’m not currently studying,” said Dunivan. “I work with plants here, so I gained more insight to new laboratory techniques with cell maintenance and cultures. The biggest thing I learned though, in a very grad school-like environment, is that maybe I need to take a step back and consider options other than grad school. This opportunity gave me a lot of insight into future careers, possibly in industry.”
Parker Krudop
Hometown: West St. Louis County
Senior, Animal Sciences, Minor in Captive Wild Animal Management
Turtle Rescue Center, North Carolina College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, North Carolina
When Parker Krudop began looking for an internship to fulfill the requirement for her minor in Captive Wild Animal Management, she knew she wanted to spend the summer near her cousin in Raleigh, North Carolina, and learn more about animal husbandry to prepare her for vet school next year. The perfect opportunity arose with the Turtle Rescue Center, where attending veterinarians help interns and North Carolina State vet students rehab injured turtles, and other native reptiles and amphibians, that the public brings to the center. While there, Krudop even got to release a rehabilitated Eastern Box Turtle into the wild.
“Going into vet school, it was very beneficial for me to practice my clinical skills and my communication skills,” said Krudop. “I got to communicate with other departments, like radiology, in the vet school to treat the turtles. It was a small team, so every turtle that needed treatment was a learning opportunity. I am so thankful for the faculty, staff, and veterinary students that helped me learn during this internship.”
Ella Phillips
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri
B.S. Parks, Recreation, Sport and Tourism with an emphasis in sport management May ’24, Graduate Student in Parks, Recreation, Sport and Tourism
Win for KC Intern, Kansas City Sports Commission, Kansas City, Missouri
When looking for an internship to fill her undergraduate capstone requirement, Ella Phillips told her advisor that she didn’t want to limit herself to just one sport or team. As an intern with the Kansas City Sports Commission, Phillips was able to work with a variety of Kansas City sports programs, including Win for KC, a program that works to empower girls and women through sport. She helped with sports camps for young girls and a program hosted by Travis Kelce’s agent to help women learn about football, in addition to working events like the KC Sports Awards and a Kansas City Current women’s soccer game.
“Seeing all the young girls at camp gain confidence and be excited to learn new sports was so touching,” said Phillips. “We worked with an organization called Operation Breakthrough, which sponsors kids with traumatic backgrounds and low income to come to camp. To see those kids come into this environment and have the best week of their life really showed me that we were making a difference through sport. That camp could be a turning point in their life that gets them to their dreams.”
Isaac Rhode
Hometown: Gower, Missouri
Senior, Agriculture
Integrated Solutions Intern, Ag Power John Deere, northwest and northcentral Missouri
After attending the Fall 2023 CAFNR/Arts and Sciences Career Fair and speaking to a recruiter, Isaac Rhode spent the summer traveling to Ag Power dealerships across northern Missouri as their Integrated Solutions Intern. At each location, Rhode would help Ag Power employees with different aspects of equipment repair. Having grown up on a cattle farm, this aspect of the industry was a new and exciting learning experience for him.
“I learned last summer that being in an office all the time isn’t for me, so the part I love about this internship was that I could travel,” said Rhode. “Each store location worked with different customers and equipment, and it was such a fun time since it was something new and different every single day. It also taught me that if you show up and work hard then people will help you learn totally new things. Being able to work with farmers to help them repair their John Deere equipment was also a cool experience for me.”
Khader Saleh
Hometown: Centralia, Missouri
Senior, Plant Sciences with an emphasis in horticulture science and design, Minor in Environmental Sciences, with certificates in sustainability and landscape design
Intern, Forrest Keeling Nursery, Elsberry, Missouri
Khader Saleh spent the summer with Forrest Keeling Nursery, a long-standing business that specializes in native trees and has a patented root production method, in an internship that allowed him to see every aspect of the business. Saleh found his internship by attending the Fall 2023 CAFNR/Arts and Sciences Career Fair.
“I want to be a landscape architect for native and ecosystem projects, so learning how their plants grew and were processed was awesome,” said Saleh. “Working with those professionals was also great, and their internship set up brought in other professionals to work with them occasionally as well, and I loved that networking aspect.”
Lindsey Swindler
Hometown: Kansas City
B.S. Nutrition and Exercise Physiology May ‘24, Graduate Student in Dietetics
Brigham-Turner Extension Intern, University of Missouri Extension, Northwest Missouri
As the capstone internship for her degree in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Linsdey Swindler assisted University of Missouri Extension nutrition specialists as they implemented nutrition programming in schools and communities in Northwest Missouri. Swindler became aware of the internship opportunity through her undergraduate advisor and was able to live in Kansas City and work remotely when she wasn’t traveling to present nutrition programs. She also worked to create smart shopping guides to help people in rural communities save money on groceries and make healthy food choices.
“I want to be a dietitian and doing this internship really broadened my horizons about what that can be,” said Swindler. “I also learned a lot about what Mizzou Extension does and how many free programs they have, and having those connections in my future career will help my clients.”