AMS Student Assistantship Program

In July of 2005, the Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) entered a cooperative agreement with California State University, Fresno, which will offer assistantships to students seeking education and careers in agriculture with the Federal government.  The AMS Student Assistantship Program is a unique program, which allows students pursuing a bachelor’s degree at C.S.U., Fresno in any field of study in agriculture, food, natural resources or other related disciplines, paid tuition and internships, leading to full-time employment. 

The AMS Student Assistantship Program at C.S.U., Fresno will provide students with a full-time assistantship covering up to $18,072 of their educational expenses for up to four academic years.  The program would cover student tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and board, and transportation and closely associated personal expenses each year during the normal course of study towards a bachelor’s degree.  Renewal of each annual assistantship is contingent upon passing grades and normal progress towards the bachelor’s degree.  AMS will assist the student with their selection of courses to better qualify them for careers in agriculture, food, natural resource sciences or other related fields. AMS will also make internship opportunities available for students to reinforce the on-campus learning experience.
 

Upon completion of the participant’s academic degree program, there is an obligation of 1 year of service with AMS for each year of financial support, with a maximum of a 2-year work obligation.  However, employment with the AMS is contingent upon the student meeting certain hiring requirements and demonstrating satisfactory job performance.
 

Applicants should: 

• Be a U.S. Citizen

• Be an entering or current student in good standing at C.S.U., Fresno

• Hold a high school diploma or G.E.D. certificate

• Overall grade point average of 2.75 or above (on 4.0 scale)

• Have a combined verbal/math score of 1,500 or more on the SAT or a composite score of 21 or more on the ACT (Only applies to students entering directly from high school).

• Be enrolled in a course of study in agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, or other related fields at C.S.U., Fresno. Acceptable disciplines are: Agricultural Business, Agricultural Education, Animal Science, Biological Science, Botany, Enology, Family & Consumer Science, Food Sciences and Nutrition Sciences, Plant Science, or Viticulture

• Demonstrate leadership and community service.

• Elements of the above listings of eligibility requirements may be waived in certain circumstances at the discretion of C.S.U., Fresno and the U.S.D.A.’s AMS.

Students interested in applying for the AMS Student Assistantship Program can submit an online application.  If you would like to submit an application please click on the following link to access the application: Click here for AMS Application
 

For more information about the Agricultural Marketing Service refer their website at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/

For information regarding the assistantship program or C.S.U., Fresno you can contact:

Dr. Charles Boyer, Dean
College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
2415 E. San Ramon M/S AS 79
Fresno, CA 93740
Phone: 559-278-2061
Fax: 559-278-4496
E-mail: cboyer@csufresno.edu