Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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MSU Career Days Valuable Career Choices Provided Students undecided as to a career comprise a large part of the student body at Montana State. In order to help those career-less” students in making some sort of intelligent career choice, the second annual MSU Career Days” was presented April 10 11. Sponsored by the Associated Students of Montana State (ASMSU), Career Days consisted of over 70 companies setting up informal display booths in the Student Union Ballroom. Those companies ranged from Boeing and Hewlett-Packard to a self-employed gold prospector. Students were encouraged to circulate among the booths and talk to various company representatives and get important career questions answered. MSU Career Days was just one of the ways that ASMSU and the University Administration showed their concern for the employment of MSU graduates. On the following pages are some of the individual departments' efforts in that same area, centering around the need for hands-on experience. (Photos by Hickman) » 24

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Ag Student Develops Process Under a basic research grant and as a senior project in the Plant and Soil Science Department of the College of Agriculture. Montana State coed Vickie Parker succeeded in developing a lab procedure to measure the amount of proline in a plant. Proline is an amino acid present in plants, which researchers believe directly correlates with the amount of resistance the plant has to drought or disease. Miss Parker will wrap up her investigation in this area, which is administered by Professor Bob Eslick and supervised by Virgil Smail (an MSU doctoral candidate), for her June 1980 graduation. Vickie will continue to work on this subject on a part-time basis. After her graduation, she will continue on at Montana State for a masters degree with her thesis based on a project she already envisions to develop higher natural resistance to insects and drought by breeding plants. Vickie's project is just one of many such programs in the College of Agriculture. Such practical experience combined with valuable research is encouraged by the College as it serves two purposes: valuable research information is gained and valuable experience is gotten which the students can use for future employment. (Photos and copy by Frank Sheridan)