U-DAIRE Leadership Experience

Week One At a Glance


  1. Interns Orientation Meet and Greet with UDAIRE Leadership Team
  2. Title IX Training (with Laura Bryant)
  3. Personality Test – Drs. Carrie Stephens and Emily Paskewitz
    • True Colors
    • Individual Clifton Strengths
    • Team Clifton Strengths
    • Thomas Kline Conflict/Teams
  4. Issues Management/Crisis Communication – Dr. Shelli Rampold
  5. Public Relations (Dr. Elizabeth Eckelkamp and Dairy Alliance Staff)
  6. IACUC Training (UTIA Faculty/Staff)

Week Two At a Glance, Lead by U-DAIRE Leadership Team


  1. Dairy Training: Farm Preparation
  2. Dairy Production: Farm Side
  3. Dairy Production: Processing Side
  4. UDAIRE Interns Morning Milking and Walkthrough
  5. Life of a Dairy Farmer, Biosecurity and PPE
  6. UT Research and Education Center
    • Little River Milking (AM Shift)
    • Little River Milking (PM Shift)
  7. Tour of University of Tennessee Creamery

U-DAIRE Leadership Experience Team


Elizabeth Eckelkamp image

Dr. Elizabeth Eckelkamp

Emily Paskewitz image

Dr. Emily Paskewitz

Shelli Rampold image

Dr. Shelli Rampold

Dr. Carrie Stephens

Dr. Carrie Stephens