Love for Agriculture, FFA and Education Merge in Agricultural Education
Name: Allee Boyer
Hometown: Edgeley, ND
Major: Agricultural Education
Minor: Animal Science
Year: Sophomore
Expected Graduation Date: May 2026
Why I chose NDSU
NDSU is one of the best schools for Agricultural Education in the Midwest, and NDSU has an awesome campus atmosphere that I have wanted to be a part of since I was a little kid.
Why I chose a major in the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources
I don’t come from a farming family; however, I am from a very rural small town in North Dakota where our survival is heavily reliant on agriculture. My dad also works for a farmer and my mom worked for our local elevator. When I was a kid, I loved harvest season with my dad and getting to be a part of farm life. As I grew up, I found a love for agriculture and FFA, which mixed with my love for education and led me to Agricultural Education!
Learn about the Agricultural Education program
Scholarships help provide the opportunity to attend college
I have received the NDSU Opportunity Scholarship for the last two years. Scholarships are super important to me, especially being a first-generation college student. I think that scholarships can be so important to students who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to get a college education.
Scholarships offered by the College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources
Club involvement leads to valuable experiences and friendships
Being a part of the NDSU Saddle and Sirloin Club for the past two years has been my favorite college experience so far. I had the opportunity to show at Little I (International) last year and am going to show again this year. Going into my first experience working with cattle, I was super nervous but I could not have asked for more support from the other showmen I worked with. We were supposed to be competitors but we ended up being really good friends. I am now on the executive team of Saddle and Sirloin and I can't wait to see where else this club will take me! Clubs at NDSU give you a level of comradery that I feel is often lost in today's day and age. Just having a shared interest with someone can give you a sense of connection to campus life.
Student organizations within the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources
My greatest NDSU memory
The greatest memory I have at NDSU is the first time I walked into the [wood] chips [in the show ring] at Little International. My dairy heifer was cooperating, which was a long way from where she had started. I had worked for over a month and a half to get to that moment and it was just so incredible to see this moment I had worked so hard for.
My future plans
After I complete my degree at NDSU, I plan to teach agriculture somewhere in North Dakota or Minnesota and be an FFA advisor. One of my dreams is to charter an FFA chapter in a school that doesn't have one. I would like to get my masters sometime in the future as well!
