AUSTIN — Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced today the Texas Department of Agriculture is seeking proposals from communities interested in participating in the Texas Rural Internship Program. The program introduces urban college students to rural Texas by inviting them to live and work in a small community for five to six weeks.
“We must be proactive in developing leadership to preserve and enhance the rural heritage of Texas,” Commissioner Staples said. “The Texas Rural Internship Program provides much-needed interaction between urban and rural Texas, and helps develop some of today’s talented college students into tomorrow’s leaders.”
Through the internship program, TDA works with participating institutions of higher education to facilitate the pairing of students with prospective communities. Communities are responsible for assigning a local coordinator to work with a host family to provide room and board for students.
Interested parties may access the request for proposals (RFP) by going to www.TexasAgriculture.gov and clicking on Economic Development. The deadline for submitting responses to the RFP is 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22.
For more information about the Texas Rural Internship Program, please contact your TDA rural economic development regional representative or Catherine Regan at (512) 475-0885.
