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| Antonio Harris and Kayla Fontenot speak to 11th and 12th graders during the Sustainable Agricultural, Rural Development Institute's (SARDI) 1st annual Work-Based Learning Conference on Feb. 2 at the LSU Eunice campus. |
Baton Rouge, La. – The Sustainable Agricultural, Rural
Development Institute (SARDI) – formerly known as the Southwest Center for
Rural Initiatives - participated in the 1st Annual Work-Based Learning
Conference on Feb. 2 at the Louisiana State University at Eunice (LSUE) campus.
Approximately 60 Juniors and Seniors from Opelousas Senior High School’s Magnet Academy of Biomedical Sciences in Opelousas,
La. attended the conference, which was held to further prepare students for
their college and workforce entrances.
Conference breakout sessions included:
• Resume
Writing
• Dressing
for Success
• Soft Skills
• Tackling
FASFA
• Finding the
Right College
• Show Me the
Money
• Surviving
the First Year
SARDI led a presentation that targeted areas such as
professional dress and soft skills in the workplace. Kayla Fontenot, a Youth
Agent at the Southern University Land-Grant Campus, covered professional dress
as well as workplace readiness skills during the session.
Antonio Harris, Research Associate and Director of SARDI,
wrapped the session up with personal experiences that were related to
professional dress and workplace readiness.
Chasity Johnson, Outreach Program Assistant, sat in to
assist with the audiovisual operation and was astounded by the response of the
students and thought they were very receptive to the information provided.
Students from SARDI’s ‘Youth Ambassadors for Healthy
Living’ Program also participated in the conference by dressing in professional
and non-professional attire and performing skits about professional dress and
workplace readiness.
The entire SARDI staff agreed that the conference was much-needed
and it provided students with information to assist them as they enter their
college and workforce years.
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