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The deadline for students to submit papers is March 16.

February 26, 2020

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Cael Schoemann, Nyah Lues, Sydney Hensen, Margaret Colwell, Anna Brink at World Food Prize Global Youth Institute
GLOBAL STUDENTS: Five Wisconsin students attended the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute last year. They are Cael Schoemann (left), Nyah Lues, Sydney Hensen, Margaret Colwell and Anna Brink.

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the sixth annual World Food Prize Wisconsin Youth Institute on the Madison campus on April 6.

The daylong program gives Wisconsin high school students in grades 9 through 12 an opportunity to engage directly with researchers and industry experts specializing in food systems and natural resources on the topic of world hunger and poverty. To participate, students must submit a two- to three-page paper about a global food security issue that they research and write under the supervision of a teacher or mentor.

The top students at the Wisconsin Youth Institute will be invited to attend the three-day World Food Prize Global Youth Institute, held in conjunction with the World Food Prize International Symposium in Iowa in October. Participating students are eligible for internships and fellowships. Educators who attend the Global Youth Institute can participate in professional development programming.

Last year, five Wisconsin Youth Institute participants were selected to attend the Global Youth Institute: Cael Schoemann, Hartford Union High School; Nyah Lues, LaFollette High School (in Madison); Sydney Hensen, DeForest High School; Margaret Colwell, Hartford Union High School; and Anna Brink, Plymouth High School.

“It was such an incredible experience. I was surrounded by amazing youth from all walks of life, and I loved learning about many of their [presentation] topics,” says Lues, whose own presentation focused on sustainable soy farming in Argentina. “I had no idea about the array of careers related to agriculture that I could pursue. It was so inspiring to know that any person there had the ability to create a local or global impact on the world.”

The deadline to submit papers is March 16. There is no cost to participate in the Wisconsin Youth Institute, and lunch will be provided the day of the event. However, both students and their supervising teachers or mentors must organize their own transportation to and from the event in Madison. More information about the Wisconsin Youth Institute, including research paper guidelines, is available at go.wisc.edu/WIYouthInstitute.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction provides additional support for the Wisconsin Youth Institute.

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