Another great opportunity for rural community college students!

The Innovation Center within the US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development mission area is interested in reaching out to rural community and tribal colleges that offer a data science curriculum. Rural Development loans and grants finance homes, businesses, libraries, schools, roads, hospitals, utilities and more throughout rural America, and the Innovation Center is applying cutting-edge data analytical techniques and best practices to improve USDA’s program delivery.

We would like to partner with you to provide your Data Science graduates an opportunity to join a dynamic data analytics team. They will be involved in a wide assortment of “big data” projects that include dashboard construction, optimization modeling, economic and business forecasting, to name but a few. They will be able to work with issues affecting communities like theirs without having to relocate and leave those communities. USDA will benefit not only from their data science training, but also from their understanding of the opportunities and challenges in the rural areas in which they live.

Please contact me if you would like more information. I will be out of the office from Tuesday, September 8, through Friday, September 11, but I will be returning email and telephone messages.

Thank you!

John Delaney
Senior Policy Advisor, Data Analytics Division
Innovation Center, Rural Development

United States Department of Agriculture
202.720.9705
john.delaney@USDA.gov
www.rd.usda.gov

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