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A Texas A&M professor is helping stu
dents learn the not-so-scientific part of
animal science in his Animal Industries
Studies class.
Also known as the “barbecue” class, be
cause of the barbecue dinner each class
attends, it has been taught by Dr. Howard
Hesby since 1977.
The barbecue tradition began when the
class met at the Quonset Huts restaurant
and had a barbecue meal followed by
guest speakers.
When Easterwood Airport was built,
the class was moved to the Rosenthal
Building, but the barbecue tradition is
still going strong.
Along with the traditional barbecue
meal, the course includes resume and in
terview preparation, guest speakers and a
seven-course meal at the Clayton
Williams Alumni Center with industry
representa ti ves.
The course began after Hesby began
taking animal science students on field
trips to the Midwest. Hesby said the
students asked improper questions, used
improper manners and dressed
inappropriately.
“We took them to a prime rib dinner at
the Hyatt Regency hotel one year, and
some students were wearing baseball
caps,” he said.
On the way back to A&M from trips,
Hesby and other professors decided it was
time to put more professionalism into
A&M’s animal science program.
The class is not restricted to animal sci
ence majors, and Hesby said he encour
ages everyone to take the course.
“Students take 132 hours of technical
classroom courses and don’t have any
courses to teach them how to survive in a
technical job,” he said.
Manda Hays, a sophomore agriculture
development and engineering major, said
she benefited more from Hesby’s class
than all of her other classes combined.
“Hesby teaches you the little things
that make a difference,” Hays said. “ He
teaches skills I will use in 40 years and
not stuff I’ll turn in one week and never
use again.”
Kimi Henard, a senior animal science
major, said she heard about the class from
friends who found jobs because of the
skills they learned from the class.
“I’m really glad I took the class, be
cause it gave me a better understanding
of what a company wants from their em
ployees and how to answer interview
questions better,” Henard said.
On the first class day, students are
asked to set career goals and discuss a
self-analysis and inventory.
Once students have done a self-analy
sis, they shoot a 90-second commercial.
The commercial is used to sell the stu
dents’ abilities to prospective employers.
Josh Grahmann, a junior agribusiness
major, said he would take the class again
because he learned valuable secrets to
finding a job.
“Hesby is extremely helpful and gave
us as many facets for marketing ourselves
as possible,” Grahmann said.
Representatives from the community
are also brought in to address students on
dining and etiquette during interviews
and dressing for success.
Lee Ann Massengale, a senior agricul
ture economics major, said that without
the seminars, she would not havel*
fully prepared to interview for jobs
“We (the students in the class)*,
told what the employers were lookinj
and the inside track on what they do;
don’t like,” Massengale said.
Students are also expected to comp
one, two and multiple page resumes.
Hesby said resume writing problt
vary from student to student.
“Some people get ready to do
and say they have never done anythii
he said. “But 1 tell them you can’t be;
to 23-years-old and have never done2:
thing.”
After the resume process, studentsj
gin mock interviews where they sit
front of a camera and are asked prs
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critique the students.
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sharp,” Hesby said.
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