Sarah Fenwick
  • Class of 2018
  • Hillsborough, NJ

Sarah Fenwick Gains Real-World Experience at Dairy Challenge

2018 May 17

Sarah Fenwick, of Hillsborough, NJ, gained real-world experience at the 17th Annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) held April 12 through April 14 in Visalia, California. Fenwick traveled to the competition with Delaware Valley University.

DelVal seniors served on Dairy Challenge Team and younger students participated in the Dairy Challenge Academy. One student served as a media representative.

The DelVal team included: Lynsey Abrahart '18, Matt Edgin '18, Sonya Laley '18, and Bryan Supplee '18. Additionally, Emily Lewis '18 and Corinne Bricker '18 participated on aggregate teams.

Academy participants from DelVal included Caitlyn Degner '19, Emily Hunter '19, Brooke Payne '19, and Amanda Wengryn '19. Sarah Fenwick '18 represented the University on the media corps at the NAIDC by taking pictures of the event and promoting it through social media.

In total, 235 students from 38 colleges across the U.S. and Canada attended this educational event. These students are training for careers in the dairy industry as farmers, researchers, educators, financial analysts, nutritionists, farm service providers and veterinarians.

North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge was established as a management contest to incorporate all phases of a specific dairy business. Its mission is to develop tomorrow's dairy leaders and enhance the progress of the dairy industry, by providing education, communication, and networking among students, producers, and agribusiness and university personnel.

For more on the competition, please visit delval.edu/news.