Out vet clinic is open! This week, seniors in our Veterinary Science and Laboratory Animal Technology concentration assisted the Veterinarian with feline wellness examinations and vaccines. #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence
With our Annual Farm-to-Table Dinner coming up, we wanted to start thanking our sponsors! Today we're thanking our Cultivator Level sponsors: BayCoast Bank, Nadeau Tree Service, and the Law Office of John R. Mitchell, Esquire. John Mitchell is a member of the Board of Trustees, and Ryan Nadeau from Nadeau tree service is on our Advisory Board, as well as employing six Aggie alumni! Thank you to our sponsors for your support.
Welcome back! Now that school is back in session, our junior and senior Livestock students are working hard around the farm, taking care of our animals and trimming sheep hooves. #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence
Just by eating at Chipotle, 25% of your order cost will go to help pay for our trip to the Dominican Republic through EF Tours. Just use the code on the flyer! The fundraiser will run from 4-8 pm on Saturday, September 7th at the Seekonk location.
Throwback Thursday
It is that harvest time of year when it is delightful to enjoy a locally grown ripe tomato and to look forward to some farm fresh apples!
In these images from 1964, students kept busy with various harvesting activities on our campus. These photos show students tomato pruning, potato bagging, and apple packing.
Alumni Spotlight:
Hi! I’m Madison Bosse, I graduated from Bristol Aggie in 2023. I was a floriculture major, and I still practice flower design as a side business, but my full time job is in the classroom! I work as a behavior technician, where I work with children on the ASD spectrum to prepare them for public school by teaching them basic reading, writing, mathematics, and science. I also teach them different lifestyle habits, such as brushing their teeth or making new friends! I am enrolled at BCC where I study elementary education, in hopes to become an elementary school teacher (preferably 1st grade). I enjoyed my time at BA and all of the skills I learned, and I still complete design work when I am not in school or at work. I have a small side business called Bosse Blooms, where I make small arrangements & business really picks up around prom season!
Alumni Spotlight:
“Aggie sparks passion”
At Bristol Aggie, Amanda was a Small Animal Science Major and a student worker in the Animal Science department. She fell in love with the dairy cows and continued to pursue an Associate degree in Dairy Production and Management at SUNY Cobleskill. Graduating in 2017, she moved to Millbrook, NY chasing her dream to work with cows.
For the past 7 years, she has been a herd manager at Uplands Farm working with a Holstein cow herd who are known in the area for their high component milk. While still working on the dairy, in 2021, she obtained her Bachelor degree in Ag Business Management, expanding her knowledge to better run the dairy, as well as her husband’s mobile diesel ag repair business.
Alongside working with dairy cows, she helps educate the local community on the dairy industry by working local events as well as hosting tours for the local FFA chapters, 4-H, and interested high schools.
When not in the barn, Amanda enjoys her second passion, photography, of wildlife to local landscapes!
Alumni Spotlight:
Hi, I'm Charleigh Doehler, I am a Flori alumni Class of 2024. I'm attending the University of Maine for animal and veterinary science. One day I plan to become a large animal vet! I have my own floral business est 2021 and this year is my first year growing flowers and selling stems! I’ve been busy with event design and little arrangements here and there! But my main focus since graduating is showing livestock and spending all of my free time working cattle. I have a full-time job while maintaining my business and showing livestock while trying to reach my main goal of having my own veterinary practice. This summer I have been to Westport Fair and MA State Dairy Show! With lots more fairs coming up. Not only that but I will be showing cattle at the University of Maine!
Alumni Spotlight:
Hi everyone! I am Emma Duarte, graduate of the 2019 class of Bristol Aggie. I was a Small Animal Science student and a student worker in both the Large and Small Animal Departments. (This is where I got my love of cows). Following graduation, I attended the State University of New York at Cobleskill in upstate New York where I studied Animal and Dairy Sciences. I graduated in 2023 with my Bachelor's of Technology in Animal Science: Dairy Concentration and my Associates of Applied Science in Agricultural Business. Throughout college, I worked on various dairy farms and completed two internships during my summers. I am currently employed by Dairy One, an analytical company that offers tools and solutions to help farms in many different areas. I am a DHI (Dairy Herd Improvement) field technician. We are also known as "milk testers." I am coming up on my two-year anniversary and I will soon be coming to the farm at Aggie to test the robot!
Besides my full-time job with Dairy One, I like to enjoy my time spent on the dairy farm I live on in Central New York! We milk 120 head in two separate tie-stall barns. Here are some photos!
Alumni Spotlight:
Hello! I am Mia Oliveira and I graduated from Bristol Aggie in 2022 from Large Animal Science. I am currently a rising junior in the Honors College at UMass Dartmouth as a Marine Biology major, also minoring in Sustainability. On campus, I've had many opportunities working with research professors toward my Honors Capstone "APEX" research project- studying embryonic development of anemone fishes due to environmental changes. Exciting! Currently, I am field interning at SMAST West as part of the Coastal Systems Program, where we sample waterways in the area to address polluting factors. I was awarded the 2024 OUR summer undergraduate research award, which funds my research project "Quantifying Efficacy of a Floating Treatment Wetland in Long Pond, Centerville, MA." I will be publishing and presenting my research at the end of the year!! I've continued to ride horses through college and still compete when I can! In my free time I love to fish, go camping and spend time with friends and family. I've included some photos of my work and horses!
Alumni Spotlight:
Blake [Agricultural Mechanics ‘17] & Ally [Large Animal Science ‘17] (Bettencourt) Wethington met during their freshman year at Bristol Aggie in 2013.
Blake is a talented fabricator and diesel mechanic and spent several years working as a marine diesel mechanic for Windward Power Systems in Fairhaven. In 2021, he graduated Cum Laude from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Engineering. Blake has worked offshore in the oil industry since graduating from Mass Maritime and is now a Third Assistant Engineer on the Shell FPSO Turritella in the Gulf of Mexico.
In 2016, Ally was the first place individual and member of the national winning Bristol FFA Veterinary Science CDE team. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Connecticut Honors Program with a dual Bachelor of Science in Pathobiology and Animal Science in 2021. In May of 2025, she will graduate as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Ally is passionate about equine disease research and has published a first-author paper in the American Journal of Veterinary Research on the involvement of specific antibodies in protecting foals against Rhodococcus equi, a bacterium that causes a severe, and often fatal, pneumonia in young horses. She has received several honors for her dedication to equine medicine from industry organizations including the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Zoetis, Merck Animal Health, and the American Association of Equine Practitioners. After graduating as a DVM, Ally plans to complete an equine internship and residency in large animal internal medicine, in hopes of one day becoming a professor of equine internal medicine at a veterinary school.
After ten years together, Blake and Ally were married in March of 2024. They currently reside in Texas with their dog, a redbone coonhound mix named Luke.
Alumni Spotlight:
My name is Trevor Clapp, I graduated from Bristol Aggie in 2020 and just graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in Animal Science: Dairy Management. I was recently accepted to North Carolina State University where I will be completing a Masters degree in Animal Science researching precision farm technology. Beyond school I have also enjoyed volunteering for NH 4-H, rock climbing, and working at the homeless shelter in my community for the last year and a half. I have been able to travel the world these past 4 years working on a dairy farm during a summer internship in New Zealand, and studying abroad over spring break in Namibia. While a part of the UNH Dairy Club I competed at Dairy Challenge, American Dairy Science Association, and NESA competitions. I owe lots of thanks to Bristol Aggie for preparing me for my future and look forward to the adventures that await.
Alumni Spotlight:
I’m Andrea Smeal (Hall), I graduated in 2012. I have been active duty Air Force for the past 12 years, where I have been able to live in South Korea (twice), United Kingdom, UAE, Kuwait, and am now currently stationed at Dover AFB. I am graduating with my BS in Business from Penn State in Aug. I have been married to my husband for 10 years and we have 2 children, my son, 15, and daughter, 2.
Alumni Spotlight:
Brad and Alexia are 2017 class Alumni!
Brad was a Mechanics major, while Alexia majored in Floriculture and after graduating they managed to find their way to one another. They are now set to get married in October 2024.
After high school Brad got his EMT license, continued his education, and now he is working full time as a Fairhaven Firefighter. Whereas, Alexia graduated with her Bachelors in Marketing from Bridgewater State in 2021 and she now works as a Program Manager and Content Creator.
Alumni Spotlight:
My name is Lily Dias, I graduated in 2021 majoring in Large Animal Science. While at Aggie I worked as an animal science student worker on the farm and was active in 4-H and FFA as well as helping to run my own farm and show my beef cattle all over the country. Since leaving Aggie, I have become a vet tech (working at Bristol County Animal Clinic) and an animal control officer, in addition to increasing my farm production. While I still continue to show my beef cattle and increase herd numbers, I took my aggie learned knowledge and taught myself to artificially breed my cattle to produce better stock at a more efficient rate. Most recently I have started a farm based business where I sell beef, pork, and eggs all raised naturally and humanely on my farm in Norton (Dias & Daughter. Farm). Currently I attend 6 farmers markets where I am proud to provide my local community with high quality, actually LOCAL & FARM FRESH beef and pork! I have big plans for the future of my new small business! Find us on instagram @diasanddaughtersfarm or Facebook as Dias & Daughters Farm
Alumni Spotlight:
Hi! My name is Lexi DiCorpo I just recently graduated Natural Resource Management class of 2023! I’m now working as a technician assistant at Bay State Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Services and am in pursuit of my Associates Degree in Veterinary Technology to hopefully take the VTNE next year and become a registered Veterinary Technician and specialized in exotic animal medicine. Here’s some photos of a few of my purrfect patients!
Our Agricultural Mechanics department worked to make a saw to gift Ms. Duffy at her retirement party. Thank you for all your hard work on this project, and thank you to Ms. Duffy for being a part of our Aggie family for the past 34 years! #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence
Attention alumni!
This summer we are hoping to have an alumni spotlight series so we can showcase the great work our alumni have been doing since leaving Bristol Aggie. If you are interested, please email media@bcahs.com for more information!
On Friday, Mr. Johnson's chemistry sophomores made ice cream to celebrate the last full day of the school year! #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence
Our freshmen in Equine Science have been learning hands-on with our horses! These students have been learning the ropes of caring for our horses before summer break. #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence
