Youths invited to participate in virtual career night

Wyoming youths are invited to participate in a virtual career night hosted by University of Wyoming Extension starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 23.

Youths can choose from six different career tracks in animal science, business, health and education, natural resources, trades and wild and crazy. Each track features four industry professionals who will provide insights into their careers and how they got there, shared Amber Armajo, Washakie County 4-H educator.

“We have been doing this for a couple of years now as part of WESTI Ag Days,” said Armajo. “But since WESTI was a little bit different this year, we decided to offer this virtual, which also allowed us to broaden it out a bit. We were able to open it up to get different careers from people across the country.”

For more information and to register, visit https://wyoming4h.org/virtual-career-night/.The evening will start with a welcome and introduction and from there participants will breakout into the different track options and move around between tracks, shared Armajo.           

“Each presenter will take about 15 minutes to discuss their career, challenges and highlights and then have some time for kids to ask questions,” said Armajo. 

Industry professionals for animal science, business, health and education, natural resources, trades and wild and crazy track will attend.

“After the career people talk, we also have some colleges on board to visit about their schools and opportunities within their schools,” said Armajo.

Representatives from the University of Wyoming, Casper College, Eastern Wyoming College, Sheridan College, Northwest College, Central Wyoming College, WyoTech in Laramie and Laramie County Community College will be there.

4-H is the youth arm of UW Extension, and its state offices are in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.