FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Emily McCullough and Emily Wong, two food science majors in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, have been selected for nationally competitive internships with Conagra Brands.

McCullough and Wong were selected from a pool including applicants from Purdue University, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Maryland, among others.

Conagra Brands, formerly ConAgra Foods, is an $8 billion company producing almost 50 food brands from Reddi-wip, Slim Jim, Rotel and Hunts to P.F. Chang's home menu.

McCullough, a junior from O'Fallon, Missouri, will intern at the Conagra facility in Marshall, Missouri.

"I will be the quality assurance intern working on a food safety and quality project in a dynamic production environment," said McCullough. "I'll be working with Healthy Choice and Banquet frozen foods."

Wong, a junior originally from Airmont, New York, now living in Cave Springs, will intern at the facility in Louisville, Kentucky.

"It's a quality assurance internship, so I'll be given a project to work on during the summer," said Wong, who will focus primarily on McDonald's breakfast items. "At the end of the summer, I will present the project with the other interns in Omaha, Nebraska. I'm used to lab work, so I'm excited to experience a new side of the food science industry."

Conagra is ranked No. 3 in the nation in best retail and consumer product internships, No. 22 for best 2018 internships, No. 17 for best internships for quality of life and No. 20 for best internships for career development.

The company is No. 6 in rankings of best U.S. food and beverage companies.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.