Tesa Pandorf plans to attend Northeast Community College in Norfolk this fall where she will major in animal science - a 2-year program. She shared her plans for the future and summarized her time at Callaway Public School during her senior presentation to her peers earlier this month.

She shared that her career plans for utilizing the animal science program will be as an artificial insemination technician breeding livestock. The typical annual salary for that position, according to Pandorf, is $113,000.

While at Norfolk Pandorf will be living at Burkhardt Hall. She plans to participate in intramural athletics such as 5-on-5 basketball, disc golf, dodgeball, flag football, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball. She said she is most excited about “Being able to make my own decisions and meeting new people.” She is most nervous about “Not having my parents to help me with every minor inconvenience.”

This year Pandorf served as a teacher’s aide for 3rd grade, Mrs. Brogan, during her 5th & 6th periods. For her Capstone Project, she organized grammar units into separate binders. That entailed making dividers, printing each unit, and organizing into categories.

She listed the transferable skills she acquired in this position as: Time Management - Get tasks done in a timely manner. Organization - Everything is done properly and neatly. Patience - Sometimes students test my patience. “I would not pursue a career in teaching because I don’t have the patience to deal with multiple kids at once,” Pandorf added.

Her senior internship was done at Pandorf Land & Cattle. She listed her typical responsibilities as follows: Feed cattle Wash tanks Clean feedlot pens and stalls Wash equipment Doctor cattle Load out fats Move cattle Brand calves Calve out Build/fix fence Ride pens Pandorf worked Monday-Thursday beginning at 1:15, and Friday starting at 12:15. “I’m usually working outdoors unless I’m cleaning stalls during calving season or cleaning the interior of equipment,” she explained.

As for whether or not she would ever pursue a career in the agriculture field, Pandorf affirmed that possibility. “Yes, there is a big possibility that after I am done with college I will come back and work on the family ranch. Agriculture is something I am very passionate about because I have been raised on a ranch my whole life.”