CAFES Success Stories 2020

Name: Brice Bonin

Major: Agricultural Marketing Communications

Hometown: Fairmont, MN

Involvement: Work 25 hours, Dairy
Club, and Intramurals

Job: Sales and E-Business Support
Administrator with NuWay-K&H
Cooperative in Trimont, MN

Name: Max Emerson

Major: Crop Science

Hometown: New Richmond, WI

Involvement: AGR, Ag Industries
Club, Intramurals, 3 summer
internships, and other part-time jobs

Job: Ag Tech Specialist for
WinField United
in Scobey, MT

Name: Quin Fenendael

Major: Agricultural Business

Hometown: Algoma, WI

Involvement: Dairy Club, National Dairy
Challenge Team, and research with
Dr. Simon Jette Natel

Job: Associate Dairy Consultant
at Compeer Financial

Name: Ariel Graveen

Major: Dairy Science

Hometown: Wausau, WI

Job: Future Leaders Rotational
Program with Agropur.
First rotation is in Jerome, ID
at a cheese plant.

Name: Jordan Gretzlock

Major: Horticulture

Hometown: Madison, WI

Involvement: Club Volleyball, 
Club Baseball, Horticulture
Society, Mid American Collegiate
Horticultural Society Co-Chair

Job: Grounds Crew for the
Minnesota Twins
in Minneapolis, MN

Name: Allison Hardy

Major: Agricultural Business

Hometown: Viroqua, WI

Involvement: Sigma Alpha Sorority and
worked for the Agricultural Economics
Department

Job: Credit Analyst at Citizens
First Bank in Viroqua, WI

Name: Lee Huberty

Major: Agricultural Engineering Technology

Hometown: Oshkosh, WI

Involvement:  Alpha Gamma Rho
Fraternity, 1/4 scale falcon pulling
team, Feed My Starving Children
volunteering, and part-time jobs

Job: Aftermarket Solutions
Specialist/Harvest Support
with Case New Holland Industrial

Name: Paige Isensee

Major: Animal Science and Dairy
Science

Hometown: Chatfield, MN

Involvement: Tutoring, working on
Mann Valley Lab Farm, Dairy Club,
Block and Bridle, Pre-Vet Club, Honors
Program, and Captain of Women's Golf 

Professional School: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine ad MS
at the University of Missouri in Colombia, MO

Name: Ashlynn Kirk

Major: Animal Science

Hometown: Rudolph, WI

Involvement: Ronald E. McNair
Postbaccalaureate Achievement
Program, Beef Management Team,
Animal Welfare Judging Team,
Falcon Scholars Research, and a
Quality Assurance and Food
Safety Intern with the American
Foods Group

Graduate School: PhD in Animal
Biology at the University of
California - Davis

Name: William Kramer

Major: Agricultural Education

Hometown: Nisswa, MN

Involvement: Delta Theta Sigma

Job: Applied Mechanics and
Automotive Instructor at the
Galena Interior Learning Academy
in Galena, Alaska

Name: Bailey Larson

Major: Dairy Science

Hometown: Alma Center, WI

Involvement: Dairy Club, Block
and Bridle, Agricultural Business
& Marketing Society, and 
Intramurals

Job: Dairy Nutrition Consultant
with Purina Animal Nutrition
ProVision Partners in 
Marshfield, WI

Name: Ryan Rademacher

Major: Agricultural Business and
Communication Studies

Hometown: Rochester, MN

Involvement: Argentina Study Abroad
Program, Falcon 4H Club, Agricultural
Business and Marketing Society,
Chancellor’s Student Ambassadors,
and multiple internships

Job: Agronomy Sales Specialist with
United Cooperative in Pulaski, WI

Name: Aricka Roberson

Major: Crop and Soil Science

Hometown: Mazeppa, MN

Involvement: Resident Assistant,
Peer Advisor in Career Services,
Sigma Alpha Professional
Agricultural Sorority, Crops and
Soil Club, Collegiate Soil
Judging Team, and conducted an
independent research project with
Dr. Holly Dolliver; then, presented
at the Students of Agronomy, Soil,
and Environmental Science
(SASES) Conference

Job: Associte Territory Manager
for Corteva Agriscience in
St. Cloud, MN

Name: Carly Sanin

Major: Animal Science - Companion
Animal Management

Hometown: Kenosha, WI

Involvement: CARE Club, and
walking shelter dogs

Job: Study Technician at
Covance Inc. in Madison, WI

Name: Madison Schochenmaier

Major: Agricultural Engineering

Hometown: Waconia, MN

Involvement: UWRF Quarter Scale
Team, Ag Industries Club, research
team that collaborated with
John Deere on the HarvestLab 3000
released in August 2019

Job: Engineer at ACGO International
in Hesston, KS

Name: Nicole Schommer

Major: Dairy Science

Hometown: Belgium, WI

Involvement: Collegiate Farm
Bureau, Sigma Alpha-Beta Zeta
Agricultural Sorority, and Dairy Club

Job: Assistant Herdsman at
Paulus Dairy in Fredonia, WI

Name: Allison Stewart

Major: Animal Science-Vet Tech

Hometown: Tigerton,WI

Involvement: Sprinter
on Track & Field team,
Student-Athlete Mentor
SAAC(Student Athletic Advisory
Committee),  and member of
church missionary from Luther
Memorial Church in River Falls

Job: Veterinary Assistant
at All About Animals Veterinary
Clinic in Shawano, WI as I
complete the Vet-Tech program
through MATC

Name: Stephanie Sukalski

Major: Dairy Science

Hometown: LeRoy, MN

Involvement: Work, research,
student organizations,
intramurals, and internships

Job: Production Supervisor
Trainee with Kerry Ingredients
in Rothschild, WI 

Name: Kassie Woggon

Major: Agricultural Engineering
Technology

Hometown: Camp Douglas, WI

Involvement: Falcon Pulling Team, 
Ag Industries Club, and worked as a
Lab Assistant in the Ag Engineering
Department

Job: Technical Assistance
and Programming of John Deere 
precision technology with
Tractor Central

Name: Eric Wuthrich

Major: Agricultural Business

Hometown: Amherst, WI

Involvement: Alpha Gamma Rho,
Agricultural Business Marketing
Society, Rodeo Team, Rodeo
Club, and worked at Lab
Farm 1

Job: Business Development
Associate with Agrigold Seed 
in Amherst, WI

Name: Jacob Zimmerman

Major: Agricultural Studies

Hometown: Cleveland, MN

Involvement: Agricultural Business
and Marketing Society, Delta Theta
Sigma Fraternity,and Agricultural
Economics Leadership Program
Management Assessment Center

Job: Fertilizer Tower Operator with
Ag Partners in Le Sueur, MN

Name: Sara Behling

Major: Agricultural Studies

Hometown: Cumberland, WI

Involvement: Crops and Soils
Club , Sigma Alpha, and URSCA
Research Project

Job: Field Representative
at Seneca Foods Corporation
in Cumberland, WI

Name: Jack Crowson

Major: Agricultural Education

Hometown: West Concord, MN

Involvement: Ag-Ed Society,
Poultry Club, and Alpha Tau Alpha

Job: Agricultural Educator and
FFA Advisor at Hayfield Community
Schools in Hayfield, MN

Name: Amanda Gullickson

Major: Animal Science

Hometown: Durand, WI

Involvement: Worked at a vet clinic,
did research with Dr. Kehoe on the
lab farm, and involved in the
Pre-Vet Club, ADEPT, and
the IHSA western team

Professional School: Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine program
at UW-Madison or the University
of Minnesota; accepted to both, but
haven't made a final decision.

Name: Makayla Hickman

Major: Dairy Science

Hometown: Shelbyville,TN

Involvement: Dairy Club and
Block and Bridle 

Job: Relief AI Technician with
Select Sires in St. Cloud, MN

Name: Annaliese Klinkner

Major: Animal Science

Hometown: Winnebago, MN

Involvement: Block and Bridal,
Intramural Soccer, Club Tennis,
and working at Kwik Trip 

Job: Managing a farrowing hog
site for Pipestone Systems

Name: Kayla Koehler

Major: Agricultural Business

Hometown: Hilbert, WI

Involvement: Student Support
Services Mentor, and Alltech
Ambassador for UWRF

Job: Service Writer at Frontier
Ag & Turf in New Richmond, WI 

Name: Jera Monaghan

Major: Animal Science

Hometown: Burlington, WI

Involvement: Worked as a Falcon
Guide in Admissions, and involved
with Ski and Snowboard Club

Graduate School: Attending Animal
Science graduate program at 
Washington State University
in Pullman, WA

Name: Katelyn Tomalak

Major: Animal Science

Hometown: Merrill, WI

Involvement: Worked at
McDonald's and Five Guys as a
Manager, and was involved with
CARE Club

Job: Animal Lab Technician
with Covance in Madison, WI

Name: Mackenzie Treffert

Major: Animal Science

Hometown: Fond du Lac, WI

Involvement: Worked a full-time 
job and was involved in a couple of 
student organizations

Job: Full-Time Barn Manager
at a 80 horse farm in Oakfield, WI

Name: Nathan Utecht

Major: Animal Science and Dairy 
Science

Hometown: Marathon, WI

Involvement: Dairy Club, Block and
Bridle, Crops and Soils Club,
Delta Theta Sigma, and worked
at the campus lab farm 

Job: Sales Agronomist/Applicator
with River Country COOP in
Athens, WI