VICTORIA ORSAK
• Fayetteville, Texas
• Graduated in 2011 and moved to Huntsville to study
at SHSU
• Now a Junior studying General Business
TEXAS RURAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
• Applied for internship
• First choice was Navasota, but they backed out of
program
• Chose Hamilton after being told original “top 3”
choices had been filled
HAMILTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.
• Jane Crouch,
Executive
Director
• EDC Mission
• Recent Projects
CIRCLE T RANCH AND ARENA
• Marvin Herb,
owner
• Includes arena,
restaurant and
cantina, retail
store and
another arena is
being built
THE INN AT CIRCLE T
• Opened by Tex
Beshears,
former owner of
Circle T
• Monica Stephen,
manager
EXTENSION OFFICE
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Shirley Gerald and
Chelsea Dorwood,
extension agents
4-H and Agri-Life
programs
Youth Day and 4H Record Book
judging
BUSINESS CENTER AT H.I.S.D.
• Ken Hamilton,
business
manager
• Meredith
Daniels,
accounts
payable
HAMILTON HOSPITAL DISTRICT
• Shadowed Dr.
Charles
Johnson, a
family
practitioner, in
the clinic
• Met with
Hospital
Administration
HORIZON DAIRY
• Met Leslie
DeJong, one of
the owners, and
took a tour
around the dairy,
learning about
their day to day
business
THE RAMSEY COLLECTION
• Worked with Ray
and Frances
Ramsey on
putting together
an inventory for
their art
collection
JIM AND JANE CROUCH
SHIRLEY AND BUBBA
GERALD
C LAY, C A R LA , A ND
BRYSON TARPLEY
CHARLES, DAWN, COLTER,
AND EMMA JOHNSON
D I A N E STO K E LY
RAY AND FRANCES
RAMSEY
Image taken from ramseycollection.com
• After completing this internship, and getting to talk to many of
the business owners and managers in Hamilton, Texas, I chose to
switch my major back to General Business.
• Going to Hamilton opened my eyes to many of the different types
of jobs and businesses there are in a rural community, and
getting a general business degree will help me to fulfill my
dreams of moving back to a small town.
• Before going to Hamilton, I was very unsure of myself and my
expectations of my future. After meeting so many in the
community there, and staying with so many different families with
different traditions and different views, I feel as though I have
truly become more confident in my abilities. Getting to go to
different businesses and truly seeing what goes on “behind the
scenes” has helped me to choose a different path for myself, one
that hopefully continues to help me grow.