Yay Agriculture!!!

So I have some very exciting news that I would love to share. Today we had a little 45 minute lecture regarding programs for students who are interested in pursuing a masters degree while working on a doctorate in veterinary medicine. This usually requires an additional $24,000 added to the overall 6-figure pothole of tuition debt and a sacrifice of three summers on the island. Though some of the degrees offered seem very tempting (marine science, wildlife science, public health, etc), I forbade myself from looking further into it. During the talk, the head of the research department had a random power point slide talking about the School of Veterinary Medicine Outreach Program. "Outreach" tends to be one of those trigger words that make me salivate comparable to "beer." Turns out SGU has a volunteer program geared towards educating schools and farmers on agriculture....holy shit that is what my Masters is in!! A few interested students and professors travel to different villages in Grenada and simply teach a class or seminar about veterinary medicine in agriculture. I get goosebumps just thinking about it. I gave my information to an elated professor and will hear from the coordinator of the Outreach program on Monday. I also sent an e-mail to my old grad adviser at Tech letting him know that I did not completely abandon the field of agricultural education...but merely brought it to my island.