Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Rachel Cutrer & Cari Rincker win Awards at A&M

Earlier this month we were very excited to celebrate two young women winning big awards at Texas A&M!

Rachel Cutrer and Cari Rincker (a client of RHD) were selected as the two winners of the TAMU Outstanding Young Alumni award from the College of Ag.

Here are the 2 videos about the winners, we are really happy for them!
Rachel's Video:




Cari's Video:


Wednesday, October 3, 2012

2012-2013 RHD Scholars Announced


Twenty-seven young professionals have been selected to participate in the first annual RHD Scholars program! We are so proud to have created this mentorship program designed to recognize and build the brightest aspiring livestock marketing and advertising professionals. We had more than 100 applicants from 35 different universities, and are excited to be working with this group of students.

The 2012-2013 RHD scholars are:

Adelyn Allen, a junior agricultural leadership and development major at Texas A&M University;
Sierra Angell, a junior agriculture major at University of Missouri;
Kali Begalka, a senior animal science and agricultural communications major at Oklahoma State University;
Emily Brinkman, a senior agricultural communications major at Oklahoma State University;
Michaela Buford, a sophomore agribusiness major at Lone Star College;
Sarah Caffey, a sophomore agricultural communications major at Texas A&M University;
Bailey Core, a freshman animal science and agricultural communications major at Iowa State University;
Ashley Culpepper, a senior agricultural communications major at Auburn University;
Carrie Elmore, a senior animal science major at Clemson University;
Chloe Geye, a junior animal science major at Texas A&M University;
Victoria Glaser, a freshman agricultural business major at Louisiana State University;
Kelsey Jones, a junior agricultural communications major at Texas Tech University;
Jordan Kuhn, a freshman agricultural communications major at Purdue University;
Meredith Larson, a junior agribusiness major at Texas A&M University;
Keegan Langford, a junior agricultural communications major at Texas Tech University;
Lynsey Meharg, a sophomore agricultural communications major at Connors State College;
Morgan Meisenheimer, a senior agricultural communications major at Oklahoma State University;
Hannah Miller, a senior agricultural communications major at Tarleton State University;
Stefanie M. Neuhaus, a junior agricultural communications major at Texas Tech University;
Bethany Nolan, a sophomore agricultural communications major at Texas A&M University;
Elizabeth Oliver, a senior agribusiness management major at Michigan State University;
Victoria Pilger, a senior agricultural communications major at Texas A&M University;
Brooke Prather, a junior agricultural communications major at Louisiana State University;
Tana Simmons, a freshman agricultural communications major at Purdue University;
Meagan Stephens, a senior agricultural communications major at Oklahoma State University;
Cally Thomas, a senior animal science major at Kansas State University;
Ashley Vogel, a junior agricultural communications major at Iowa State University;

Additionally, two graduate students were selected to the program:
Chelsey Ahrens, a doctoral candidate studying agricultural communications at Texas Tech University; and
Lyndi Jury, a master’s candidate studying animal and dairy science at Mississippi State University.

The students will begin a 1-year mentorship program with RHD, in which they will focus on building their professional skills in livestock advertising and web design, livestock marketing, photography, video, journalism, and social media. The students will participate in mentorship opportunities at the American Royal, North American, Denver, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Houston Livestock Shows. Additionally, each student will be paired with an industry mentor who will help the students achieve their career goals.