Biotechnology Boot Camp Offers Experience of a Lifetime

Video by Chris Liotta

A dozen high schoolers from Bertie County, North Carolina, enjoyed the experience of a lifetime at a biotechnology boot camp run by Matt Koci, an associate professor in the Prestage Department of Poultry Science, and Bruce Boller, a science teacher at Bertie Early College High School.

The goal of the week-long camp? To give students from one of the poorest counties in the state a rare opportunity to dive into college-level science at one of the best universities in the nation.

Check out our video for a peek behind the scenes of boot camp. And get to know Cody Burton, who graduated from Bertie Early College High School and is now a poultry science major at CALS.

You can make a difference in the lives of students like these!

This post was originally published in College of Agriculture and Life Sciences News.