High School students throughout Queensland and New South Wales descended on The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus this week to partake in the FEAST program.
FEAST – Future Experiences in Agriculture, Science and Technology – is a five day camp that gives high school students a taste of university life and shows them career options in the agricultural, animal, environment and food industries.
FEAST student Tessa Jones said her experience from the program enabled her to meet new friends, take on new challenges and develop an understanding of what university life entails.
“I really enjoyed FEAST at UQ Gatton, coming from Brisbane city I got to experience many things I had not before such as waking up at dawn to milk the cows,” Ms Jones said.
“I made a lot of interesting friends from all over Queensland and New South Wales and learned valuable information on careers in agriculture and about uni life in general.
“I’m looking forward to hopefully coming to UQ Gatton in 2010 as a vet science student.”
Throughout the week, the students have participated in a range of activities coordinated by UQ's Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science.
The students have horsed around with Equine Science, discovered the difference between good bugs and bad bugs, extracted DNA from a tomato, found out about a day in the life of a vet student and much more.
UQ Gatton will be taking applications from year 11 and 12 students early next year for the April 2009 FEAST Program.
For more information, visit the FEAST website.
MEDIA: Erin Pearl at UQ Gatton (0409 265 587).
